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Yeh. Not only is it a great song, but it sounds awesome as well! Those smooth deep bass notes gives me an almost unnameable sense of ‘safe danger’ that’s palpable, wholesome and enticing at the same time.
Dave the cleaner wrote the piano chords one evening, the long notes was me using feedback on a Cello guitar and using the studio monitors from different positions... All is not as it seems, remember when this was made years ago we did not have the computer power we have now. !
"Angelo Bruschini (1960/1961 - 2023) was an English guitarist who played with Massive Attack and other Bristol bands. He died of lung cancer on 23 October 2023"
I was at university when the song came out. I walked into the Student Union bar as the video for Teardrop came on playing on the TV’s dotted around the walls and the WHOLE PLACE ground to a halt. Everyone just stopped what they were doing and stared at it. Unforgettable moment.
@@iximusic whoa indeed. I loved this analysis btw (and your others). You have the ability to take away that unfortunate feeling you get when you get older where you lose some of the visceral nature of music and you bring back the emotion. Thanks for that. I only just found out that Elizabeth Fraser had a relationship with Buckley. That’s a combination of voices!
I had a similar experience - shortly after I graduated college this song dropped and they played the song with its video at a club I frequented. Normally the dance floor was very packed and lively. For this video everyone just stopped and stared at it, as if an angel had spontaneously appeared. It was magic.
The vocals on this song are so magical. And a good example of what's lost if everything is autotuned. Those "between the cracks" notes really contribute to the ambiguous, expressive, and mystical quality of the song, like an ancient folk melody.
I saw Massive Attack in a concert in Pori Jazz Festival, Finland. I think it was in at the end of July 2008. If you know about the Finnish summer, the daylight is very long lasting. The band had to delay beginning the concert, because they had a very impressive light and media show that needed darkness. Anywhooo, the concert started and it was incredible and to top it all, just before Massive Attack started playing "Teardrop", the setting sun went behind a curtain of clouds and it started to rain a little - a warm summer rain. Like little tears falling from the sky above. The sun was showing sympathy to the song and the story behind the lyrics.
Just reminded me of when my uncle died it rained for a week and a half here. The funeral [procession] was soo long caused shutdown straight through the middle of the city for long enough for the news to show up [to cover it].. Where's this Mandella effect when you need it.. He was only 33 but for years after his death people from all over the world would be sending him mail. I've travelled and made good friends all over Canada and no one's ever written me a letter. Let malone many letters for years after my passing. I'm sadly serious when I say one can still see the chaotic ripple effects of the loss of such a respected successful keystone figure of the city's underground right at his peak.
I love how passionate you are. I feel the same way about this song and pretty much anything Beth Hirsch sings. But I cry for a LOT of songs. I don’t think I’m an empath- and I’m not depressed- and I can’t read music- but I CAN FEEL it.
The fact that you play the original songs throughout really makes these videos work. Such a shame that you cannot monetize them! You deserve Patreon support though, these videos are amazing!
I have consumed your analysis like a delicious treat. Teardrop holds an emotional place for me. It was the first time music told me how to feel and i complied willingly.
I've been a hardcore Massive Attack fan for years, and every time i listen to their songs i always find something new in them. Their music is so incredible
The first time I heard this album it was in a bar, I interrogated the bartender until she told me the album name and I went out and bought it on CD the next day (we still bought CD's back then). I listened to it for at least a month straight on repeat, really opened up a whole new universe of music for me. Amazing album.
Remember this song from the year when I finished Uni, I studied in Bristol where Massive Attack are from. The Aurora version rekindled this beautiful song for me.
If God explains my life half as well as you dissect songs, I may have some resolve when I shuffle off this mortal coil. You are almost a heart surgeon explaining why someone's heart is broke into pieces listening to music. Once again, bravo and belissima!
This Mortal Coil is another amazing British group associated with Liz Fraser! Check out "Song to the Siren" with her on vocals - another absolute heartbreaker!
Indeed This Mortal Coil was a 4AD side project - It’ll end in tears is a phenomenal album for the time (1984); re Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk as killer track and BBC/Peel Sessions album is also good. Who am I kidding, it all is!
I bought this album on vinyl in the 90s and for a long time never knew the crackly texture was part of the song and not just my dusty turntable. I miss this era of music. I think without bands like this and Portishead and Tricky and trip hop in general the whole lo-fi thing wouldn't be as popular now. My favorite album from this time is Becoming X by Sneaker Pimps. The entire album is great beginning to end and i prefer the original release from 96. Subsequent releases used different versions of a few songs particularly Post Modern Sleaze which took out a cigarette reference and was one of my favorite lyrics in that song.
Oh yes! Becoming X is stellar. Great mix of trip hop and shoegaze. Such a thoroughly 90s album lol. Every song is great, but i def prefer the alternate mixes on the two singles Spin Spin Sugar and 6 Underground. "a one two...a one two..."
@@avedic yes you're totally right. There is that darker mix of Spin Spin Sugar that's way better than the more pop version but you have to admit the original lyrics to Post Modern Sleaze are much better. 'All through the night. She's chokin' on Marlboro Lights'. Also, how great are the lyrics for Roll On? 'When you're breathing through your elbows, down on me'. A lot of people prefer their second album, Bloodsport? I think. But unfortunately Kelly's vocals are what does it for me. Same with *SALEM* and Heather's voice. I'm a sucker for breathy female vocals.
@@henriquematias1986 tis the circle of life. Every generation grows up and sells their childhood to the current youth. In the 90s all the baby boomers sold us Woodstock 94 and 99, The Beatles 1 and psychedelic colors for our iMacs. Not to get all 'yellow king' on you but if you think about it, to be nostalgic of the 90s is to also be nostalgic of the 60s and 70s. Dazed and Confused, That 70s Show. Time is a flat circle.
Yes, Becoming X (the original release with the DJ-killer circuit-board artwork) is a work of genius. I tend to "rediscover" it every few years and the production still blows me away today :) The modified re-release version was an abomination. I guess the aim was to make it more "commercial" and radio-friendly when the album suddenly got popular. Big mistake :(
I knew it was an incredibly well written song but it really takes watching a deconstruction by a music theory expert to make you fully appreciate how perfect a song it is.
Seeing the beetle from 'Mezzanine' in my notifications made my day as I've been listening to it heavy recently. THEN I saw it was a breakdown from your channel and I was elated. Thank you SO much for this! I adore your channel. Keep it up!
18:23 what I love about this part is that at this exact moment there is finally relief. The singer sustaining that word really brings it home, after a long build-up. Goosebumps.
Ho-lee-shee-YIT. You’re onto Mezzanine, one of my all time favorite albums ever. Awesome analysis of Teardrop, Ixi. It’s funny, you name dropped several of my favorites from this album at the end of your video: Angel, Dissolved Girl, Risingson, and Inertia Creeps. I saw Massive Attack live in around 2006ish; it was my and my wife’s first official date (we had hung out a few times prior), and I fell in love with her so hard at that show. So Massive Attack will always have a special place in my heart.
Great video! This song was my introduction to Massive Attack years ago. Despite my love of the song, I never bothered to analyze it. You clearly expressed the harmonically ambiguous aspects that makes it so intriguing. There's so much complexity inside this otherwise quiet and superficially simple piece.
Wow. I just dropped there... I wasn't actually prepared.. This is a sensational analysis, and it literally helped me find out why this song mesmerizes me like that... THANKS !
Having grown up with this tune as the backdrop to my youth, and over the last two years throughout lockdowns attempted to learn the piano, finding this channel today I must say has been a wonderful find to end the year. So many of your breakdowns are of tunes I loved but don't often listen to anymore. So to revisit them through your medium is going to be glorious!! wonderful analysis and such a great channel!!
Trip Hop is my all time favorite genre. Massive Attack was my first experience in the genre, as well. I recommend a deep dive into their work. Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, DJ Shadow are other greats. Welcome to the most beautiful music in the world. Your analysis is amazing. Sub'd and checking out more videos!!
Great breakdown. I've loved this album and song since it was fist released, so many years ago now. I did not know Elizabeth Fraser recorded this on the same day Jeff Buckley died. It makes so much sense now hearing the lament in her voice. Your singing voice sounds so much like her, I had goosebumps listening to you. Thank you
Hope you enjoyed the video! 1) Apparently the lyric site I used is wrong, it's "fearless on my breath", sorry! 2) The black lipstick and white shirt is to match the album cover and 3) Aurora has an awe-inspiring cover of Teardrop I'd like to recommend: ua-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/v-deo.html. I particularly love her vocals between verses! 🖤 BLOOPS: ua-cam.com/video/QXqde_7B5DI/v-deo.html
You should try giving a listen to "The Box - Full/Extended Version" by Orbital. It has great vocals from Alison Goldfrap and Grant Fulton as well as some great harpsichord.
Every time I hear Teardrop it sends shivers up my spine; such an arrestingly beautiful tune. Mezzanine was an absolute tour de force, and I don't think it left my CD player for months when it came out. This was a very enjoyable analysis, thank you. As for being MA's most famous song... I think that might actually be Unfinished Sympathy (!) - fancy doing a breakdown of that'n?
I used to reconstruct songs to learn from them in a mod tracker and I couldn't do this one. I noticed so many things about how unpredictable and complicated the arrangement was so I gave up in the end. You've done an amazing deconstruction here and the depth you go into is incredible. Awesome job with this!
Its stunning to know it’s about the death of a friend, but sounds so life-affirming. Shows insight into the universe to me. The whole song with the heartbeat and neverstarting harpsichord is so much about LIFE
I'm probably not alone but the first time I heard this was leaking out of Neo's headphones in The Matrix, just before following the white rabbit. I had to find what that music was, and found Mezzanine. Thanks for this.
@@familiarsting4108 Its worth pointing out that Hugh Laurie, as well as being superb actor, is also an incredibly accomplished musician. He does play the piano a few times in the show.
@@familiarsting4108 like any (too) long shows, the characters and situations get overplayed towards the end in a soap opera style :} great writing and acting for such a long running series...
Yeeeees! Trip hop was one of the best music genres to come out of the 90s, it was huge for a while then it just disappeared. Please do Glory Box some time xo
Your music breakdown feels nearly as inspired as this masterpiece itself! Brilliantly and concisely explained. Love how you explain theory in congruence with its visceral feeling. So very important. Blessed thank you
That was so incredibly thorough. From the sampled break and Elizabeth’s lyrics, to the chords and harmonic DNA, and to the improv at the end. Beautifully done.
Haha, your the first person I know who realized House intro / outro is actually Massive Attack. There's a Victoria's Secret commercial that uses a MA song too. Several more commercials too in the mid 2000s. It's delightful to finally watch someone appreciate Defones, NIN, MA the way I do. Have ALL their CDs. :) Yes, CDs...I'm old
I've listened to this song about a thousand times in the last 20 years and you've just completely changed it for me. So much meaning and depth in those chords and melodies that we usually take for granted. Thank you for sharing all of this.
I had so mixed feelings and emotions during this... I don't even know how to name it, this video of yours. Basically, you explained perfection, both in a technical way and in an emotional one. I now understand what composing a brilliant song is all about and how another single note, or chord, could have had a different (less than perfect) result. That brought my love for this song to a new level, so thank you...
What a wonderful combination of analysis and appreciation! You perfectly pinpointed those heartbreaking moments that take an already beautiful track to another level of emotional impact. I’ve always preferred Blue Lines and Protection to Mezzanine, but you had me in tears when the song reached its climax, and that really helped me understand why this is so many people’s favourite Massive Attack song. I’d also never really noticed the 3 against 4 harmonic rhythm before, but I can now how important that is in generating the atmosphere.
Being GenX, I remember enjoying the original version of the song w/friends lonnnnnng before the "House" version. And even decades later, R.I.P. Jeff B. You meant so much to us even if you were not "Ministry", or Sisters of Mercy or Peter Murphy or Siouxsie Sioux. May you hit every note perfectly as you sing beyond-the-limits-of-corporeal-form, wherever your soul now resides, J.B.
Mother of God, thank you for breaking down the architecture of this masterpiece with so much insight and compassion! Now I want you to analyze every piece of music that ever brought a tear to my eye. Wow.
Great analysis. By coincidence I’ve been listening to all the Mad Professor versions of Massive Attack recently. If you haven’t heard them he provides a very interesting spin on the material. Also loved how you came *this* close to saying that “Dm is this saddest of all keys” in true Spinal Tap fashion.
First time watching you, you’re really cool & clearly a very knowledgable talented musician. Teardrop is a Gorgeous song, a delicious melting pot of the band members different musical backgrounds. Great instrumentation chord progression major/minor resolution. Record crackle heart beat bass & the main arpeggio. But Liz Frasers vocals & lyrics made me really fall in love with this song. (Watch Cocteau twins Carolyns fingers) Didn’t know the Jeff Buckley factoid. 👍🏻
I love (besides everything else) how you used visuals in this video. Not only to support your explanations, but also to showcase the cover art of the album, because visual art is an integral part of massive attack.
people talking music theory is always so fascinating to me, because the whole area is so... alien to me. i hear the song, and feel the things it's doing, and then someone comes and starts explaining those things as if using a math language... and I just listen, and think "i know what things you're talking about in this math-y language, but I don't understand why this math-y language is necessary, when you can just hear the thing and feel the thing..."
Do I have permission to use your comment (anonymously) as the basis of a possible future video? But in short, you're not wrong. Music theory terminology is very mathematical which can be intimidating, and I had thoughts like yours for many years and sometimes still do. It's no replacement for feeling and intuiting musical expression, but it does allow musicians of all kinds to communicate effectively when making music. Naming something can help the brain internalize it by differentiating it from other things. Why it's so mathy though? Not totally sure. It could have something to do with how westerners think about the harmonic series, which is an acoustic phenomenon that helps inform a lot of what we consider "pleasing" and "harsh" in tonal music. This video about it is kind of mind blowing! ua-cam.com/video/Wx_kugSemfY/v-deo.html
Discovered your channel while trying to find the correct chords for towards the end of this song, subscribed instantly when I watched and listened to how you break down the song and explain the relationships between the chords. Have now added a whole slew of your videos to my watchlist to binge on, brilliant channel full of passion and love for music! 😀😀
My thoughts exactly. Watched House for years, then heard the vocal version with Elizabeth Fraser who I loved a saw back in the ‘80s. What a surprise and what a strange adjustment. Took a while but now I treat them as two distinct songs. Both of them amazing. ❤
I rarely comment on videos, but I have to tell you how much I enjoyed this one. Teardrop is one of my favorite songs, and the minor to major resolution that you discuss around 19:15 is possibly my favorite few seconds of music ever. I love the song even more after hearing your detailed breakdown. Thank you so much. (edit to add) Also, when I first heard it, I thought it was "feathers on my breath" as well. :-)
I remember buying Mezzanine years ago. At that time, the album was a few years old and I never heard of Massive Attack before. I just bought the CD, because I was curious and wanted to listen to something different (never regret that decision, it was the first step to many artists I love today). First: Angel. And I must have thought "I already heard this track, this is not new to me." Then Risingson - with Inertia Creeps my favorite track for a long time....but then: Teardrop. And I remembered it very well. In my youth I saw the music video of it with the baby...the video, but especially the song blows my mind to this day. It was a great experience, watching your video and learning something new. There is so much more to explore, that you didn't talked about. It's just an amazing piece; the whole album. Thank you!
Thank you for this very satisfying explanation on why i cry almost every time i listen to this song. It's gorgeous for my ears and my soul, and it also revives so many memories. I loved this video
Thanks for posting. Really great break down of Massive Attack. Elizabeth Fraser is an absolutely brilliant singer and songwriter. My favorite Pearly dewdrops and Song to the Siren. Thanks again.
I listened to your Radiohead video on understanding the time sig. and then the harmonies in that song as well. Needless to say I now have 10+ tabs queued of your videos on all my favourite bands! :') Really, really click with how you explain, the vocabulary, visuals on the piano, the passion and enthusiasm. Such awesome content and juicy music theory. Found a new fan here
I’m an engineer who loves music; especially tracks like Teardrop. I have a long way to go in my quest to understand more deeply but I very much appreciated your insightful analysis Thank you for sharing!
I cannot believe how many times I've returned to watching this video over the past year. Whenever someone asks me for the greatest song of all time, I usually say that 'Teardrop' has meant a lot to me since way back, then I reference them to your video (Because you've explained it better than anyone so far). Loving the channel, the passion and the music. Is there a possibility to hear something from Portishead in the future, by any chance? Keep up the good work, you're absolutely amazing! Greetings from Sweden!
Happy the video made an impact! It really is one of the greatest songs! I did a Portishead listening party on my Patreon for Dummy: www.patreon.com/posts/portishead-party-62816321 Not expecting you to sign up just for that but it's there in case you ever decide to check out my Patreon! :)
I shed a teardrop when I see the criminally low subscribers on this channel. I actually caught the music video for this song on the MTV show 120 Minutes. When I watched a House M.D. episode, I got excited when I hear the song was used as the theme song to the show.
One of my favourites. I didn't know the lyricist's/singer's background to this song and that makes it all the more poignant. Love the black lips in honour of the album cover!
I found this song through house when I was around 12 years old. My mother was playing house on the TV and I remember this song just giving me a certain feeling. So crazy how you are now making an analysis video on it… thank you for the videos you make. Every one of them has related to my own listening experiences
I used to routinely skip this track when playing the album, initially because I had heard it so much vs the rest of the songs, but later because of how I felt listening to it. This goes a long way to describing why this song leaves me feeling so anxious.
i've been binge watching a lot of your videos because nine inch nails, a perfect circle, massive attack are some of my favourite songs from my younger years. and i don't really know much about music but the way you explain the feelings of the songs while showing what you mean on piano is really helpful!! you are doing a really great job, i love these videos :)
I've always loved this song. Your breakdown is excellent, actually breathtaking. I didn't know the drum was a sample from Layers, an album I've loved from my college years. Your analyses of the chords and vocals is enlightening. Thank you, so very much.
Oh yes! Massive. That was the impact on me when it came out. I was at a party that year it came out and was completely hooked when I heard the Albums first track. I immediately stopped talking and drinking to anyone, and read the whole booklet of the CD and listened at that party over and over to the CD (nobody really cared). Fun: listen to the samples they used (Cures 10:15) I drove 200 km to that party to meet a girl, but got home with a completely new experience. I knew MA before (blue lines) but this Album was a total different level. For me one of the most intense albums ever. House: yes, i loved the very first Season and they changed the original Song to the instrumental version and re-arranged it. It wasn’t MA doing this, it was the producer. They had to to this cos of copyright problems with the Label. So they used different takes and unused lines to create a new atmospheric track.
@@iximusic You did so perfectly! Though I "guess-timate" with a Sisters of Mercy song, the shade would be more in the violet-side of the colour-spectrum! (yes, I am a retired illustrator whom equates musical notes to hues, lol).
Thanks Ixi for breaking down this masterpiece.. every sentence , every word in your analysis is so relevant. Would love to ear you sing this song. Small cuts already leave me chills 😍
I heard massive attack for the first time on MTV Club chill and i thougth… “this is what the music of the future should sound like”. I have this moment vivid in my mind still today. Regards from Chile
The story about recording the lyrics... even before you ever reached an analysis of the lyrics... I had to stop and think about that. When you lose someone like that, there can be a couple of significant ways to handle that (plenty of others, as well). But there is some untouchable beauty in the idea of capturing those last closest moments to when that love was still with you with your talent. Unfortunately, I figure I would probably go in the exact other direction... but I feel privileged in this life to have paused your video for about an hour thinking about that and to truly contemplate that my love is more a part of me than I am... thank you.
I also encountered this song for the first time as the theme song on House, it struck me similarly. Then I watched the show... love Hugh Laurie. Then I found out that House = Sherlock Holmes adaptation... I read Sherlock Holmes when I was a child. Always loved it. It was just a rush of synergy and joy. Happy you did this. Oh God... just got to the end... your high, rapid shifting of notes... just broke me. So beautiful. I mean, I was already crying, because... song... but hearing what you added, it was beyond poignant. Perfection.
Saw these guys live...at the time I was travelling extensively...this Mezzanine Album CD stayed in my CD player for almost 2 years. Whether on the plane, in the gym or walking around foreign cities...this album was the perfect soundtrack to my life at the time.
Massive Attack (along with Leftfield, Sneaker Pimps and Faithless) really shaped my appreciation for the ambient electronic genre in the 90s... Mezzenine got me through some really lonely introspective times in my life. Haunting music and a classic that has stood the test of time... Subscribed to this channel for this reason as I had the same reaction when I heard it first. Please do some more of their tracks... particularly my second favorite of theirs : Paradise Circus.
The vocals on this are such a transcendental marvel to me: Her voice is small and vulnerable, but never *anything approaching* weak! Small, vulnerable, and POWERFUL. Astonishingly, I can think of one other example in the universe of such a phenomenal performance: Art Garfunkel's A Bridge Over Troubled Water.
I really liked teardrop before coming to this video, but you made me see there is so much more depth and craft than I had realized. Thank you, I can't wait to listen to it again.
Stumbled onto this, it highlights some of the reasons for the emotional tension that I always feel hearing and listening. Wonderful analysis, really enjoyed this thank you.
Brilliant breakdown and analysis, thank you. But the real treat was watching/hearing you play to the track at the end of the video, a contribution that added so much that I wondered how did MA not, also, play it the same way. I stood up when I first heard your addition, transfixed and nearly moved to tears, it was so good. Thank you. Fun, enlightening, inspiring videos.
I can not believe I stumbled across this. Thank you so much. My best friend and I will be lying on our backs astonished that someone else appreciates this song the way we do.
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Mezzanine is a masterpiece. Fantastic breakdown.
It's one of the greatest albums ever recorded. So good.
Yes, it's a great groove. and ixi is a good analyst.
Facts
Mezzanine.....just an iconic album. It was an entire vibe
Along Heligoland a true timeless masterpiece
This is one of the reasons why I love the city of Bristol...it gave us Massive Attack and Portishead
Cheers drive 😋
Tricky too
And Martina Topley Bird. I was in musical heaven for the whole time these guys were a big thing
Didn't Portishead technically give us Portishead?
COYR!
Teardrop used to be used in the industry to test audio production equipment in the 2000's. Thankyou for the breakdown, I love this tune so much.
Do you know why that was ?
I always thought that Angel was very similar for sub testing. An absolute beast for low resolution
Yeh. Not only is it a great song, but it sounds awesome as well!
Those smooth deep bass notes gives me an almost unnameable sense of ‘safe danger’ that’s palpable, wholesome and enticing at the same time.
@@Cristalskullemy guess is because it's a well mixed song.
@@NeonBeeCat it is for sure but I'm guesing there's another reason
Dave the cleaner wrote the piano chords one evening, the long notes was me using feedback on a Cello guitar and using the studio monitors from different positions... All is not as it seems, remember when this was made years ago we did not have the computer power we have now. !
Insane this comment only has five likes. If this is Angelo Bruschini then this is a part of music history…
"Angelo Bruschini (1960/1961 - 2023) was an English guitarist who played with Massive Attack and other Bristol bands. He died of lung cancer on 23 October 2023"
Well, that solves that riddle. 😂
RIP
I was at university when the song came out. I walked into the Student Union bar as the video for Teardrop came on playing on the TV’s dotted around the walls and the WHOLE PLACE ground to a halt. Everyone just stopped what they were doing and stared at it. Unforgettable moment.
woah!
@@iximusic whoa indeed. I loved this analysis btw (and your others). You have the ability to take away that unfortunate feeling you get when you get older where you lose some of the visceral nature of music and you bring back the emotion. Thanks for that. I only just found out that Elizabeth Fraser had a relationship with Buckley. That’s a combination of voices!
Goosebumps reading this!
I had a similar experience - shortly after I graduated college this song dropped and they played the song with its video at a club I frequented. Normally the dance floor was very packed and lively. For this video everyone just stopped and stared at it, as if an angel had spontaneously appeared. It was magic.
The vocals on this song are so magical. And a good example of what's lost if everything is autotuned. Those "between the cracks" notes really contribute to the ambiguous, expressive, and mystical quality of the song, like an ancient folk melody.
Really good point!
I saw Massive Attack in a concert in Pori Jazz Festival, Finland. I think it was in at the end of July 2008. If you know about the Finnish summer, the daylight is very long lasting.
The band had to delay beginning the concert, because they had a very impressive light and media show that needed darkness.
Anywhooo, the concert started and it was incredible and to top it all, just before Massive Attack started playing "Teardrop", the setting sun went behind a curtain of clouds and it started to rain a little - a warm summer rain. Like little tears falling from the sky above.
The sun was showing sympathy to the song and the story behind the lyrics.
That must have been unforgettable!
Just reminded me of when my uncle died it rained for a week and a half here. The funeral [procession] was soo long caused shutdown straight through the middle of the city for long enough for the news to show up [to cover it].. Where's this Mandella effect when you need it.. He was only 33 but for years after his death people from all over the world would be sending him mail. I've travelled and made good friends all over Canada and no one's ever written me a letter. Let malone many letters for years after my passing. I'm sadly serious when I say one can still see the chaotic ripple effects of the loss of such a respected successful keystone figure of the city's underground right at his peak.
Massive Attack are genius to me because they make a lot out of very little. They choose their few ingredients so wisely and create MAGIC with them.
I love how passionate you are. I feel the same way about this song and pretty much anything Beth Hirsch sings. But I cry for a LOT of songs. I don’t think I’m an empath- and I’m not depressed- and I can’t read music- but I CAN FEEL it.
❤
The fact that you play the original songs throughout really makes these videos work. Such a shame that you cannot monetize them! You deserve Patreon support though, these videos are amazing!
This song was my first exposure to Trip-Hop when I was 10-years-old back in the 90's. It's impact has never aged for me.
"you can feel the majorness wash over you", yes. Yes I can. Spectacular wording.
Wouldn't be mad if you did a breakdown of this whole album
Right?!
I have consumed your analysis like a delicious treat. Teardrop holds an emotional place for me. It was the first time music told me how to feel and i complied willingly.
Just a great comment
I've been a hardcore Massive Attack fan for years, and every time i listen to their songs i always find something new in them. Their music is so incredible
The first time I heard this album it was in a bar, I interrogated the bartender until she told me the album name and I went out and bought it on CD the next day (we still bought CD's back then). I listened to it for at least a month straight on repeat, really opened up a whole new universe of music for me. Amazing album.
Mezzanine is a great album all around. Risingson is one of my favorites followed close by Angel.
So good!
It’s still one of my all time favorite albums. A masterpiece from start to finish.
Totally agree, Risingson was my introduction to Massive Attack, my favourite track on the album definitely. the bass line was the killer.
“💋 …fantastic genre” part was a masterpiece, instant subscribe.
Same!
Remember this song from the year when I finished Uni, I studied in Bristol where Massive Attack are from. The Aurora version rekindled this beautiful song for me.
That version is truly amazing. I watch/listen to it regularly!
Came here to tell you about it, but you already know. Bless that JJJ.
If God explains my life half as well as you dissect songs, I may have some resolve when I shuffle off this mortal coil. You are almost a heart surgeon explaining why someone's heart is broke into pieces listening to music. Once again, bravo and belissima!
This Mortal Coil is another amazing British group associated with Liz Fraser! Check out "Song to the Siren" with her on vocals - another absolute heartbreaker!
@@benharvey2881 I didn't even know. Wow!
Indeed This Mortal Coil was a 4AD side project - It’ll end in tears is a phenomenal album for the time (1984); re Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk as killer track and BBC/Peel Sessions album is also good. Who am I kidding, it all is!
And your way of commenting on that made me feel like I was reading a poem
@@crackbaby4444 That's similar to what I was about to write.
I bought this album on vinyl in the 90s and for a long time never knew the crackly texture was part of the song and not just my dusty turntable. I miss this era of music. I think without bands like this and Portishead and Tricky and trip hop in general the whole lo-fi thing wouldn't be as popular now. My favorite album from this time is Becoming X by Sneaker Pimps. The entire album is great beginning to end and i prefer the original release from 96. Subsequent releases used different versions of a few songs particularly Post Modern Sleaze which took out a cigarette reference and was one of my favorite lyrics in that song.
Totally agree the roots of lo-fi is trip hop!
Oh yes! Becoming X is stellar. Great mix of trip hop and shoegaze. Such a thoroughly 90s album lol. Every song is great, but i def prefer the alternate mixes on the two singles Spin Spin Sugar and 6 Underground. "a one two...a one two..."
@@avedic yes you're totally right. There is that darker mix of Spin Spin Sugar that's way better than the more pop version but you have to admit the original lyrics to Post Modern Sleaze are much better. 'All through the night. She's chokin' on Marlboro Lights'. Also, how great are the lyrics for Roll On? 'When you're breathing through your elbows, down on me'. A lot of people prefer their second album, Bloodsport? I think. But unfortunately Kelly's vocals are what does it for me. Same with *SALEM* and Heather's voice. I'm a sucker for breathy female vocals.
@@henriquematias1986 tis the circle of life. Every generation grows up and sells their childhood to the current youth. In the 90s all the baby boomers sold us Woodstock 94 and 99, The Beatles 1 and psychedelic colors for our iMacs. Not to get all 'yellow king' on you but if you think about it, to be nostalgic of the 90s is to also be nostalgic of the 60s and 70s. Dazed and Confused, That 70s Show. Time is a flat circle.
Yes, Becoming X (the original release with the DJ-killer circuit-board artwork) is a work of genius. I tend to "rediscover" it every few years and the production still blows me away today :) The modified re-release version was an abomination. I guess the aim was to make it more "commercial" and radio-friendly when the album suddenly got popular. Big mistake :(
"You're stumbling in the dark" line feels something like Blade Runner's Tears in the rain monologue
Another Massive Attack & Tool connection: Tricky, a sometime member of Massive Attack, was in Tool's "Parabola" video.
wow
Whattttt that’s crazy
I love Tricky. I have been spreading his grooves since 1997.
What other connections are there between them?
Tricky also opened for Tool in 2001, at least at their Vancouver show.
This song is in my top 5 of "changed my life as a budding musician" songs for sure.
I knew it was an incredibly well written song but it really takes watching a deconstruction by a music theory expert to make you fully appreciate how perfect a song it is.
That's what I was just thinking.
Seeing the beetle from 'Mezzanine' in my notifications made my day as I've been listening to it heavy recently. THEN I saw it was a breakdown from your channel and I was elated. Thank you SO much for this! I adore your channel. Keep it up!
18:23 what I love about this part is that at this exact moment there is finally relief. The singer sustaining that word really brings it home, after a long build-up. Goosebumps.
The crackle, the vocals, chords and well, everything really as I already had Liz on my wall. This goes right down my spine.
Ho-lee-shee-YIT. You’re onto Mezzanine, one of my all time favorite albums ever. Awesome analysis of Teardrop, Ixi. It’s funny, you name dropped several of my favorites from this album at the end of your video: Angel, Dissolved Girl, Risingson, and Inertia Creeps. I saw Massive Attack live in around 2006ish; it was my and my wife’s first official date (we had hung out a few times prior), and I fell in love with her so hard at that show. So Massive Attack will always have a special place in my heart.
This was fantastic. I cry over musical analysis and why the emotions are so orchestrated by the harmony too. 🥰
BETA!
I was close.
Not only do you teach me about music theory, you give me perceptions about life. Amazing
Great video! This song was my introduction to Massive Attack years ago. Despite my love of the song, I never bothered to analyze it. You clearly expressed the harmonically ambiguous aspects that makes it so intriguing. There's so much complexity inside this otherwise quiet and superficially simple piece.
Wow. I just dropped there... I wasn't actually prepared.. This is a sensational analysis, and it literally helped me find out why this song mesmerizes me like that... THANKS !
Having grown up with this tune as the backdrop to my youth, and over the last two years throughout lockdowns attempted to learn the piano, finding this channel today I must say has been a wonderful find to end the year. So many of your breakdowns are of tunes I loved but don't often listen to anymore. So to revisit them through your medium is going to be glorious!! wonderful analysis and such a great channel!!
Happy New Year! Glad I could help 🎹
Trip Hop is my all time favorite genre. Massive Attack was my first experience in the genre, as well. I recommend a deep dive into their work. Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, DJ Shadow are other greats. Welcome to the most beautiful music in the world. Your analysis is amazing. Sub'd and checking out more videos!!
Great breakdown. I've loved this album and song since it was fist released, so many years ago now. I did not know Elizabeth Fraser recorded this on the same day Jeff Buckley died. It makes so much sense now hearing the lament in her voice. Your singing voice sounds so much like her, I had goosebumps listening to you. Thank you
Yes!! Huge fan of all of your NIN breakdowns and Massive Attack would be my next fave! Liking it and I haven’t even heard/watched this yet.
Hope you enjoyed the video! 1) Apparently the lyric site I used is wrong, it's "fearless on my breath", sorry! 2) The black lipstick and white shirt is to match the album cover and 3) Aurora has an awe-inspiring cover of Teardrop I'd like to recommend: ua-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/v-deo.html. I particularly love her vocals between verses! 🖤 BLOOPS: ua-cam.com/video/QXqde_7B5DI/v-deo.html
I'd say that this version is one of those few times that the cover might actually be better than the original for me.
You should try giving a listen to "The Box - Full/Extended Version" by Orbital. It has great vocals from Alison Goldfrap and Grant Fulton as well as some great harpsichord.
The Mad Professor Mezzanine remix tapes are on Spotify now too. That stuff is insanely good.
Jose Gonzalez did a cover a while ago that is great too. ua-cam.com/video/3l21_I8rEds/v-deo.html
@@dajje100 don't say that :}
it is indeed exceptionally good
Every time I hear Teardrop it sends shivers up my spine; such an arrestingly beautiful tune. Mezzanine was an absolute tour de force, and I don't think it left my CD player for months when it came out.
This was a very enjoyable analysis, thank you.
As for being MA's most famous song... I think that might actually be Unfinished Sympathy (!) - fancy doing a breakdown of that'n?
I used to reconstruct songs to learn from them in a mod tracker and I couldn't do this one. I noticed so many things about how unpredictable and complicated the arrangement was so I gave up in the end. You've done an amazing deconstruction here and the depth you go into is incredible. Awesome job with this!
Reconstructing a song sounds like an engaging way to learn how to produce & learn your tools. I've seen people do it but haven't tried it myself!
One of the most amazing songs and vocal performances ever.
Still moves me the same way as when I first heard it. I didn’t know about the sample or that she had heard about Jeff. It’s ageless
Its stunning to know it’s about the death of a friend, but sounds so life-affirming. Shows insight into the universe to me. The whole song with the heartbeat and neverstarting harpsichord is so much about LIFE
Great comment
I'm probably not alone but the first time I heard this was leaking out of Neo's headphones in The Matrix, just before following the white rabbit. I had to find what that music was, and found Mezzanine. Thanks for this.
He's actually listening to Dissolved Girl, another great song off Mezzanine
@@Krugljar Yeah, you're right. Whoops. ;) Thanks for the correction.
I'm hoping this is going to be a gateway to analysis of the Cocteau's Cherry Coloured Funk. x
+10! 😄👍
This was so enjoyable. Truly revealing analysis and so expressively communicated! Loved it!
I’ve never heard of that show House but I’m a fan of Massive Attack, so super happy you’re breaking this gem down. Thank you!
House is a medical procedural drama. It’s badass. Check it out.
@@familiarsting4108 cool I’ll have to get on that!
@@familiarsting4108 Its worth pointing out that Hugh Laurie, as well as being superb actor, is also an incredibly accomplished musician. He does play the piano a few times in the show.
@@familiarsting4108 like any (too) long shows, the characters and situations get overplayed towards the end in a soap opera style :}
great writing and acting for such a long running series...
Yeeeees!
Trip hop was one of the best music genres to come out of the 90s, it was huge for a while then it just disappeared. Please do Glory Box some time xo
Your music breakdown feels nearly as inspired as this masterpiece itself! Brilliantly and concisely explained. Love how you explain theory in congruence with its visceral feeling. So very important. Blessed thank you
That was so incredibly thorough. From the sampled break and Elizabeth’s lyrics, to the chords and harmonic DNA, and to the improv at the end. Beautifully done.
Haha, your the first person I know who realized House intro / outro is actually Massive Attack. There's a Victoria's Secret commercial that uses a MA song too. Several more commercials too in the mid 2000s. It's delightful to finally watch someone appreciate Defones, NIN, MA the way I do. Have ALL their CDs. :) Yes, CDs...I'm old
I think it’s “fearless” on my breath:)
Nice work, tho! 🙏
It is
I've listened to this song about a thousand times in the last 20 years and you've just completely changed it for me. So much meaning and depth in those chords and melodies that we usually take for granted. Thank you for sharing all of this.
I had so mixed feelings and emotions during this... I don't even know how to name it, this video of yours. Basically, you explained perfection, both in a technical way and in an emotional one. I now understand what composing a brilliant song is all about and how another single note, or chord, could have had a different (less than perfect) result. That brought my love for this song to a new level, so thank you...
What a wonderful combination of analysis and appreciation! You perfectly pinpointed those heartbreaking moments that take an already beautiful track to another level of emotional impact. I’ve always preferred Blue Lines and Protection to Mezzanine, but you had me in tears when the song reached its climax, and that really helped me understand why this is so many people’s favourite Massive Attack song. I’d also never really noticed the 3 against 4 harmonic rhythm before, but I can now how important that is in generating the atmosphere.
Being GenX, I remember enjoying the original version of the song w/friends lonnnnnng before the "House" version. And even decades later, R.I.P. Jeff B. You meant so much to us even if you were not "Ministry", or Sisters of Mercy or Peter Murphy or Siouxsie Sioux. May you hit every note perfectly as you sing beyond-the-limits-of-corporeal-form, wherever your soul now resides, J.B.
Don't forget the Elton John stint...;)
Why the dig on Ministry, Sisters, Murphy, and Sioux? They’ve got fuck all to do with Jeff Buckley.
Mother of God, thank you for breaking down the architecture of this masterpiece with so much insight and compassion! Now I want you to analyze every piece of music that ever brought a tear to my eye. Wow.
A missed trip hop classic in my book is a group named Daughter Darling. The song broken bridge is my favorite.
Listening to this song now. Not hard to see why it's your favorite!
Great analysis. By coincidence I’ve been listening to all the Mad Professor versions of Massive Attack recently. If you haven’t heard them he provides a very interesting spin on the material. Also loved how you came *this* close to saying that “Dm is this saddest of all keys” in true Spinal Tap fashion.
First time watching you, you’re really cool & clearly a very knowledgable talented musician. Teardrop is a Gorgeous song, a delicious melting pot of the band members different musical backgrounds. Great instrumentation chord progression major/minor resolution. Record crackle heart beat bass & the main arpeggio. But Liz Frasers vocals & lyrics made me really fall in love with this song. (Watch Cocteau twins Carolyns fingers) Didn’t know the Jeff Buckley factoid. 👍🏻
You made my heart so happy. This is one of my all-time favorite songs and I absolutely LOVED your breakdown. Thank you.
I love (besides everything else) how you used visuals in this video. Not only to support your explanations, but also to showcase the cover art of the album, because visual art is an integral part of massive attack.
people talking music theory is always so fascinating to me, because the whole area is so... alien to me. i hear the song, and feel the things it's doing, and then someone comes and starts explaining those things as if using a math language... and I just listen, and think "i know what things you're talking about in this math-y language, but I don't understand why this math-y language is necessary, when you can just hear the thing and feel the thing..."
Do I have permission to use your comment (anonymously) as the basis of a possible future video?
But in short, you're not wrong. Music theory terminology is very mathematical which can be intimidating, and I had thoughts like yours for many years and sometimes still do. It's no replacement for feeling and intuiting musical expression, but it does allow musicians of all kinds to communicate effectively when making music. Naming something can help the brain internalize it by differentiating it from other things. Why it's so mathy though? Not totally sure. It could have something to do with how westerners think about the harmonic series, which is an acoustic phenomenon that helps inform a lot of what we consider "pleasing" and "harsh" in tonal music. This video about it is kind of mind blowing! ua-cam.com/video/Wx_kugSemfY/v-deo.html
I've seen this song performed live, few words can describe the experience, just beautiful. Great song and tune breakdown, thank you.
This was a lovely walk through one of my favorite songs. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Discovered your channel while trying to find the correct chords for towards the end of this song, subscribed instantly when I watched and listened to how you break down the song and explain the relationships between the chords. Have now added a whole slew of your videos to my watchlist to binge on, brilliant channel full of passion and love for music! 😀😀
My thoughts exactly. Watched House for years, then heard the vocal version with Elizabeth Fraser who I loved a saw back in the ‘80s. What a surprise and what a strange adjustment. Took a while but now I treat them as two distinct songs. Both of them amazing. ❤
I rarely comment on videos, but I have to tell you how much I enjoyed this one. Teardrop is one of my favorite songs, and the minor to major resolution that you discuss around 19:15 is possibly my favorite few seconds of music ever. I love the song even more after hearing your detailed breakdown. Thank you so much.
(edit to add) Also, when I first heard it, I thought it was "feathers on my breath" as well. :-)
I remember buying Mezzanine years ago. At that time, the album was a few years old and I never heard of Massive Attack before. I just bought the CD, because I was curious and wanted to listen to something different (never regret that decision, it was the first step to many artists I love today). First: Angel. And I must have thought "I already heard this track, this is not new to me." Then Risingson - with Inertia Creeps my favorite track for a long time....but then: Teardrop. And I remembered it very well. In my youth I saw the music video of it with the baby...the video, but especially the song blows my mind to this day. It was a great experience, watching your video and learning something new. There is so much more to explore, that you didn't talked about. It's just an amazing piece; the whole album.
Thank you!
Thank you for this very satisfying explanation on why i cry almost every time i listen to this song. It's gorgeous for my ears and my soul, and it also revives so many memories. I loved this video
love you analysis! One of my favorite songs ever. Have been enjoying it for more than 23 years and I never got tired of it.
Thanks for posting. Really great break down of Massive Attack. Elizabeth Fraser is an absolutely brilliant singer and songwriter. My favorite Pearly dewdrops and Song to the Siren. Thanks again.
I listened to your Radiohead video on understanding the time sig. and then the harmonies in that song as well. Needless to say I now have 10+ tabs queued of your videos on all my favourite bands! :')
Really, really click with how you explain, the vocabulary, visuals on the piano, the passion and enthusiasm. Such awesome content and juicy music theory. Found a new fan here
I’m an engineer who loves music; especially tracks like Teardrop. I have a long way to go in my quest to understand more deeply but I very much appreciated your insightful analysis Thank you for sharing!
I cannot believe how many times I've returned to watching this video over the past year. Whenever someone asks me for the greatest song of all time, I usually say that 'Teardrop' has meant a lot to me since way back, then I reference them to your video (Because you've explained it better than anyone so far). Loving the channel, the passion and the music. Is there a possibility to hear something from Portishead in the future, by any chance? Keep up the good work, you're absolutely amazing!
Greetings from Sweden!
Happy the video made an impact! It really is one of the greatest songs! I did a Portishead listening party on my Patreon for Dummy: www.patreon.com/posts/portishead-party-62816321
Not expecting you to sign up just for that but it's there in case you ever decide to check out my Patreon! :)
I shed a teardrop when I see the criminally low subscribers on this channel. I actually caught the music video for this song on the MTV show 120 Minutes. When I watched a House M.D. episode, I got excited when I hear the song was used as the theme song to the show.
I honestly think that most people aren’t intelligent enough, or get emotional enough about music…..to understand it
One of my favourites. I didn't know the lyricist's/singer's background to this song and that makes it all the more poignant. Love the black lips in honour of the album cover!
I found this song through house when I was around 12 years old. My mother was playing house on the TV and I remember this song just giving me a certain feeling. So crazy how you are now making an analysis video on it… thank you for the videos you make. Every one of them has related to my own listening experiences
I used to routinely skip this track when playing the album, initially because I had heard it so much vs the rest of the songs, but later because of how I felt listening to it. This goes a long way to describing why this song leaves me feeling so anxious.
i've been binge watching a lot of your videos because nine inch nails, a perfect circle, massive attack are some of my favourite songs from my younger years. and i don't really know much about music but the way you explain the feelings of the songs while showing what you mean on piano is really helpful!! you are doing a really great job, i love these videos :)
I've always loved this song. Your breakdown is excellent, actually breathtaking. I didn't know the drum was a sample from Layers, an album I've loved from my college years. Your analyses of the chords and vocals is enlightening. Thank you, so very much.
I absolutely adore this song, I'm so glad someone did a deep analysis on it.
Oh yes! Massive. That was the impact on me when it came out. I was at a party that year it came out and was completely hooked when I heard the Albums first track. I immediately stopped talking and drinking to anyone, and read the whole booklet of the CD and listened at that party over and over to the CD (nobody really cared). Fun: listen to the samples they used (Cures 10:15) I drove 200 km to that party to meet a girl, but got home with a completely new experience. I knew MA before (blue lines) but this Album was a total different level. For me one of the most intense albums ever. House: yes, i loved the very first Season and they changed the original Song to the instrumental version and re-arranged it. It wasn’t MA doing this, it was the producer. They had to to this cos of copyright problems with the Label. So they used different takes and unused lines to create a new atmospheric track.
lmao the lipstick choice while discussing this particular song (a massive fave of 90's goths) is perrrrrrfect! 💪
I'm glad you appreciated that :) I try to match the song or album or the ineffable "vibe" in some way!
@@iximusic You did so perfectly! Though I "guess-timate" with a Sisters of Mercy song, the shade would be more in the violet-side of the colour-spectrum! (yes, I am a retired illustrator whom equates musical notes to hues, lol).
Thanks Ixi for breaking down this masterpiece.. every sentence , every word in your analysis is so relevant. Would love to ear you sing this song. Small cuts already leave me chills 😍
Those haunting line “You’re stumbling in dark, you’re stumbling in the dark” like she’s calling out to Jeff.. It’s just heartbreaking
*You're stumbling a little
This was INCREDIBLY satisfying. Your analysis and the backstory made this song even more beautiful and devastating. Thank you for being so awesome 😃😃🎹
I heard massive attack for the first time on MTV Club chill and i thougth… “this is what the music of the future should sound like”. I have this moment vivid in my mind still today. Regards from Chile
I’ve always loved this song. Thanks for your analysis, it’s amazing what Massive Attack were doing here.
The story about recording the lyrics... even before you ever reached an analysis of the lyrics... I had to stop and think about that. When you lose someone like that, there can be a couple of significant ways to handle that (plenty of others, as well). But there is some untouchable beauty in the idea of capturing those last closest moments to when that love was still with you with your talent. Unfortunately, I figure I would probably go in the exact other direction... but I feel privileged in this life to have paused your video for about an hour thinking about that and to truly contemplate that my love is more a part of me than I am... thank you.
I also encountered this song for the first time as the theme song on House, it struck me similarly. Then I watched the show... love Hugh Laurie. Then I found out that House = Sherlock Holmes adaptation... I read Sherlock Holmes when I was a child. Always loved it. It was just a rush of synergy and joy. Happy you did this.
Oh God... just got to the end... your high, rapid shifting of notes... just broke me. So beautiful. I mean, I was already crying, because... song... but hearing what you added, it was beyond poignant. Perfection.
Saw these guys live...at the time I was travelling extensively...this Mezzanine Album CD stayed in my CD player for almost 2 years. Whether on the plane, in the gym or walking around foreign cities...this album was the perfect soundtrack to my life at the time.
Massive Attack (along with Leftfield, Sneaker Pimps and Faithless) really shaped my appreciation for the ambient electronic genre in the 90s... Mezzenine got me through some really lonely introspective times in my life. Haunting music and a classic that has stood the test of time... Subscribed to this channel for this reason as I had the same reaction when I heard it first. Please do some more of their tracks... particularly my second favorite of theirs : Paradise Circus.
Agree about Leftfield, Sneaker Pimps and Faithless and also the brilliant Paradise Circus, I'd like to see an analysis of that one too!
The vocals on this are such a transcendental marvel to me: Her voice is small and vulnerable, but never *anything approaching* weak! Small, vulnerable, and POWERFUL. Astonishingly, I can think of one other example in the universe of such a phenomenal performance: Art Garfunkel's A Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Crazy thing is she can do it even better live.
@@mattd8725cause Liz is fucking magical.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time and your breakdown is fantastic.
Glad I could do it justice for you. Happy new year!
@@iximusic yea you crushed it.
I really liked teardrop before coming to this video, but you made me see there is so much more depth and craft than I had realized. Thank you, I can't wait to listen to it again.
Stumbled onto this, it highlights some of the reasons for the emotional tension that I always feel hearing and listening. Wonderful analysis, really enjoyed this thank you.
Brilliant breakdown and analysis, thank you. But the real treat was watching/hearing you play to the track at the end of the video, a contribution that added so much that I wondered how did MA not, also, play it the same way. I stood up when I first heard your addition, transfixed and nearly moved to tears, it was so good. Thank you. Fun, enlightening, inspiring videos.
I can not believe I stumbled across this. Thank you so much. My best friend and I will be lying on our backs astonished that someone else appreciates this song the way we do.
It's hard to say what my favorite song is, but when I think about it, "Teardrop" always comes to mind.