How a jazz lick took over the music world | What Is Music

What happens when a melody becomes a meme? Dan Golding from What is Music explores how a jazz lick took over the music world.
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[@coobk373]

i saw someone refer to the lick as "the wilhelm scream of music"

[@McWizard420]

Holy shit😂 this is incredible

[@morganthem]

"... while its origin is still a little unclear, its home is undoubtedly in jazz", that line is classy.

[@stellar2995]

It's the Willhelm Scream for musicians.

[@anglodoesmusic745]

Yess

[@gufu21]

I was just about to make this comment.

[@TiagoNugentComposer]

*ADAM NEELY WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@Dr_Al_]

THEORY: The lick never existed, it was only by coincidence did someone link various unrelated musical examples together and give it a name. Given enough time, literally any 7-note phrase can become “The Lick”.
Rant over.
Also, did that guy actually say Socially Awkward Penguin in 2019?

[@Goldarlives]

The Licc is a social construct

[@phamdinhhoang1998]

I provoke the power of all music player in the world to make the next lick roll

[@lastwymsi]

Its also because its such a simple pattern. It's basically just the beginning of an natural minor scale, which is used pretty everywhere.

[@TheUnderscore_]

All types of minor scales (obv excluding modes)

[@premasru]

When learning piano I was given an exercise to practice this lick in all 12 keys. I'm still learning it.

[@oliverwright6215]

THE L I C C

[@MusicOfDreamweaver]

"While it's origin is a little unclear, it's home is undoubtedly in jazz" .... finds it in Stravinsky

[@cjgreen4331]

haha yes, got here from Stravinsky's the Firebird, which had it

[@TobyTheTroll]

🤣

[@domino-dude]

band kid here. I know a tenor sax and a bass clarinet who _do not_ stop playing this thing.
i asked them what it was one time, and in unison they replied, "The lick," because apparently this is a universal fact known to all
my confusion has waned after watching this video

[@Superbatmanbro]

I was also in a band and 2 friends of my kept adding the lick and I was so confused but it fit so well in the songs we were playing with our instrument each practice and concert we did.

[@SvenDzahov]

Lmao stuff like this reminds me that the youth are doing great.
I was in orchestra and to piss off our conductor we would just break into Habanera at random intervals

[@mauriciolazo5565]

As a non native English speaker, after so many years, I can finally understand what the hell is "The Lick". This was really educative, thanks!

[@RobertToth1217]

Didn't know about the meme, but definitely have heard the lick. Now I shall bring the lick wherever I go.

[@samostrowski9672]

I’m so proud that this is what our government is spending our money on

[@cyclpiancitydweller9517]

Adam Neely's Aussie uncle.

[@FaisalAzizFizzy20000]

The Australian government spent money on this.
Smiles in Jazz.

[@Dumno7]

Question: How this lick took over the music world
Answer: I don't know, memes

[@amargou]

Did I just hear the *LICC* there?

[@salvat3735]

nah

[@jamiekarlstevensmusic3361]

Something tells me Dan watches Adam Neely.

[@neko_aple]

Thanks. Now I'm gonna hear it everywhere.

[@fortnitegoats6184]

When he said yeet and its lit fam inside😫😫😫😫😫

[@grainassault4844]

fortnite GOATS

[@barbedwirealarms]

Aussie Neely

[@manof1000voices]

Why did you put the pick up note before the actual lick?

[@jasongallman2032]

Bugged the shit outta me

[@albertt_ross]

I swear it's in GTA somewhere too

[@ihavenousername1805]

Its on the jazz radio station on GTA 4 (Chet Baker - let's get lost)

[@ihavenousername1805]

So was the song moanin - art Blakey featured in this video. Lol

[@juanseguallan]

Yeet.

[@emmanuelalfredomendoza7365]

That is lit fam

[@Dr_Al_]

*Dab*

[@EMSAYMADA]

Was that Tyler The Creator’s real dad? @1:16

[@jenn4tools788]

WHAT THE

[@josheskenazi172]

What that actually hell

[@tiagodias412]

LOL

[@alexonline2340]

thank you Australia now i finally know what my jazz musician friends are talking about

[@dachisam]

love it! thanks a lot

[@alburnto]

the production of this is t h i c c

[@spb7883]

Isn’t it ironic that among teenagers “lick” is now slang for “theft”?

[@dudedistante6381]

It's cftcjgxbjdxvjy

[@dudedistante6381]

It is what it is but jazzists at least were not freebooters

[@Corridorcrawler]

Devious

[@visbytheproducer]

it’s been used since the nineties

[@dextrosefather]

Devious lick

[@arl09330]

When I listened to the original lick from the Firebird Suite, I immediately thought of Leaving Hogwarts from the Harry Potter soundtrack.

[@sumneetkaurbamrah1982]

So many artists, so many sounds, yet a singular medium of communication!

[@abgestempelt0]

Thank you for this explanation! I think heard it in Oye Como Va for the first time...

[@Bart.Tomlinson]

That is lit fam * dabs *

[@NationalistsRuinAmerica]

Sheesh yaas

[@tempuskarma]

So, this is the dude who worked on the soundtrack of Untitled Goose Game, very impressive...

[@IBELONG2CHRISTJESUS]

Short and to the point!! Love it! Thank you!!

[@whereammy]

Thank you, The Australian Government

[@Maldraek]

Repetition legitimizes.

[@ozzie_goat]

Legition repitimizes.

[@m1chacha]

Repetition Legitimizes

[@emelyangel8027]

Repetition legitimizes

[@Selecticism]

does someone know what concert the clip in 2:02 is from? somehow i like the vibe of it and would like to see more

[@hendrixexp70]

Player - baby come back!

[@brotsky0]

this mans head movement makes me want to kiss him. im a straight male

[@kimdelrosario2240]

I knew I heard it before haha from Oye Como Va

[@MrBFRitchie]

This dude sounds like vaati

[@Ryak1234]

I guess it's sort of, you look for something, you hear it.

[@DaddyZenPai]

the lick is basically "please" but in music
no one knows the origin, but its understood by everyone

[@cataphrakt_]

what?

[@declanrex9435]

Please has a well documented etymology

[@JibberJabJones]

if it were "please", it would end unresolved, since "please?" is a question.

[@artonion420]

I don’t see any connection, what are you talking about?

[@cheesyquokka]

Cool

[@Noah_-lp8kt]

The lick is superior

[@cynic396]

do you mean the mario kart lick

[@rgh271]

no

[@IronicHavoc]

That one is different

[@JaCKal_646f67]

Traditions people, traditions

[@null8295]

it's called "meme"

[@2fifty533]

this video was uploaded before it was even a meme

[@luf4rall]

@@2fifty533 The Lick video was uploaded in 2011

[@KosTis]

1:55 cute

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

Lfmao

[@giacomogalli2448]

BASS

[@slowpokeproductions]

What "Player" is playing, is NOT the LICC.

[@tnrd4944]

its a variation of it

[@putriscool]

that last line was VERY dated

[@jameswhitley4101]

The moment he said it my eyes immediately jumped to the date. I guess in 2018 it didn't feel that long ago.

[@widojay2048]

Little late. Will admit that. But you should talk about Fi’ theme. More specifically, the lick

[@tbonealex]

This particular lick became a meme because I made a video compilation in 2011 that went viral with a lot of help from Adam Neely and others.

[@enfinite1597]

👍

[@KingMertel]

It was always a meme

[@Kov89]

I think this became a meme before we were born - i played in the high school big band back in '06 and putting this in solos was already a running gag there. That video is awesome though.

[@tbonealex]

@@Kov89 that’s true! It was a running joke in Boston at NEC and Berklee circa 2009 which is where I learned about it. I don’t remember it in the 90s when I was in high school though.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

So you put in a infocard just over you saying “yeet” “lit fam” and “dabbing” for the express purpose of making any screen capture of you saying it worthless.
Well played. 😡

[@maximyermakov5982]

how do ya do fellow kids

[@crabsta]

Bobble head

[@JibberJabJones]

i wouldn't say it's a terribly memorable sequence. it's more a passing phrase than something substantial. can't quite see why it's become so noteworthy.

[@vtrandal]

The Australian accent is hard for me to understand. Things like 1910 sound ninety-ten to me. Even closed captioning says: “It even snuck its way into naughty spot.” What naughty spot are we talking about?

[@ben_walker]

“it even snuck its way into noughties pop”, referring to pop from 2000-2009

[@jared3028]

Bruh, I'm not even english speaker and can understand it perfectly

[@tassiegamer4516]

Mate, not every place is America, move on with your bloody life.

[@lastwymsi]

You need more exposure to foreign accents friend, that was a very clear video for me and I live no where near Australia.

[@lordprivateer4965]

Lies, lies lies. Christina didn't sing that line in that particular clip. Shame on you ABC

[@nabielalif2043]

?

[@CaukyAsian]

This is kind of dumb. There's a bunch of licks and stuff like chord progressions that's found all over. Not just this one lick.

[@DTux5249]

Yes
There are other licks.
But this one...
This is THE lick

[@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5650]

no this is different

[@OvergrownWithTheMoss]

HERESY

[@celosemnexo]

Never heard it before.

[@Frac.Razoer]

Your mother hates you

[@celosemnexo]

Jazz sucks.

[@investingingeorgia8853]

Swallows

[@samuelk6454]

yeah

[@belbei7877]

You suck