Deadmau5 - Strobe (Evan Duffy Piano Cover)

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2012
  • Strobe
    by Deadmau5
    Now available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/str...
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    Hey everyone,
    So this track was by far the most requested in the history of my channel thus far. To me, it's a masterpiece of electronic music, and I truly wanted to do it justice. I hope I have. In this arrangement I tried to stay true to the original piece while also adding some of my own flair to it. I think the end result is a nice balance of transcription/arrangement. Also, the rhythmic content in this thing is ridiculous... such great writing. I hope you enjoy :)
    - Evan Duffy
    Facebook: / evanduffycomposer
    Twitter: / evanduffymusic
    mp3: coming soon!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 10 тис.

  • @johnt5715
    @johnt5715 6 місяців тому +497

    10 years later and still one of my favorites

    • @richardlahiff1529
      @richardlahiff1529 6 місяців тому

      💯 🙏🫶🏽

    • @lbakicz
      @lbakicz 6 місяців тому +5

      Imagine time traveling back and playing it for Mozart

    • @silverrain99205
      @silverrain99205 5 місяців тому +5

      11 years now.

    • @AA-or4dt
      @AA-or4dt 3 місяці тому +3

      @slater2931 more like 15 years old. It came out in 2009 if I remember correctly.

    • @yffhjcxttj
      @yffhjcxttj 3 місяці тому

      2009@slater2931

  • @Repz98
    @Repz98 3 роки тому +1233

    Strobe is actually one of the most beautiful songs ever created, It's the perfect mix of warm and calm with a very slow build up.

    • @dezdoes1921
      @dezdoes1921 3 роки тому +91

      My husband and I, on our first camping trip, sat up at night in front of embers and watching the stars in Algonquin park, we'd smoked a bowl. He introduced me to this song for the first time. I sat there for what felt like forever on the rollercoaster that is this song, one earphone in my ear and the other in his - staring at the brilliant, unclouded majesty of space. I still feel it in my stomach when I listen.

    • @masopaso3073
      @masopaso3073 3 роки тому +6

      I’d say parts are very intense as well and just powerful

    • @nathanieldonovan614
      @nathanieldonovan614 3 роки тому +35

      Bro I swear I have an emotional reaction every time I hear Strobe..

    • @LyadinDima
      @LyadinDima 3 роки тому +5

      Check out Jon Gomm - Passion Flower

    • @NOVAxSHADE
      @NOVAxSHADE 2 роки тому +16

      I agree. I can't say it starts sad but it feels that way. All is over ... Then, the hope comes back and makes you feel respect for what was lost because life moves on and we survive. I had a drink. Sorry.

  • @redboycaptures
    @redboycaptures 4 роки тому +2490

    Let’s be honest, Jesse Eisenberg absolutely killed it there

  • @colunizator
    @colunizator 4 роки тому +258

    You know sh*t is about to escalate quickly when a pianist hunches like that.
    Well done

  • @jean-renelemay6360
    @jean-renelemay6360 8 років тому +3745

    This version really shows the depth of Deadmau5's melodies, he is more than just a DJ. Great performance by Evan!

    • @flexgameplay
      @flexgameplay 8 років тому +92

      Calling the guy who produced the org track a dj, and calling a guy who plays it back the "talentful der guy" lol

    • @electricoceangames7124
      @electricoceangames7124 8 років тому +76

      Well to be fair, deadmau5 is a producer. As far as EDM production goes, there are many tools like arpeggiators, randomizers, delays, etc that can really aid in the creation of a track. So is deadmau5 more than just a DJ? Yes, but he's no composer either. He has an artistic mind and a great set of ears, but in this case that mainly aids in the mixing/mastering process, moreso than the creative process. He uses a chain of analog modular synthesis, as well as a chain of DAW tools to create.

    • @Miguel-ke5cq
      @Miguel-ke5cq 8 років тому +364

      +Electric Ocean Games yeah keep repeating that to yourself . Good luck. No matter what tools and DAWs you use, armony is armony. It cant be faked, and if you know how to use it, then my friend you are a composer.

    • @benwest6734
      @benwest6734 8 років тому +90

      +Electric Ocean Games lol stfu

    • @zariisofficial
      @zariisofficial 8 років тому +108

      +Electric Ocean Games You have no fucking clue.

  • @izabellagimenez6801
    @izabellagimenez6801 5 років тому +2340

    Hey, Evan. I first saw your video back in 2013 whe I was obssessed with the original song. Those were such different times. So much has changed since then. My parents used to have a piano at home and I remember listening to your cover for hours straight and trying to reproduce it. I even recorded my own (very poor) version of it. I moved out, my parents and I don't see or speak in a long, long time, and I never had the chance to play the piano again untill this year when I'm finally buying my own. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that after all these years, here I am again. Somehow, you cover has inspired me in ways I can't even explain and whenever I want to remember happier days I listen to your version of Strobe and it helps me get better :)

    • @aqw8981
      @aqw8981 5 років тому +41

      Ooof sad story its great to know how to play an instrument, well done

    • @migueljara9399
      @migueljara9399 5 років тому +3

      @@aqw8981 I'm proud of you!

    • @jaypanthem2282
      @jaypanthem2282 5 років тому +36

      Way to go. Hope everything turns out great for you!

    • @pb.pb.pb.pb.
      @pb.pb.pb.pb. 5 років тому +3

      Nice story !! Love this tune and version

    • @ThePullOuts
      @ThePullOuts 5 років тому +5

  • @skikarno739
    @skikarno739 4 роки тому +1002

    Lost my wife and daughter.. was alone in the home my world gone .. drunk crying .. this song came on .. think I was one of the first to view it . .. hard to talk about why this hit me so hard.. you hear about how a song can move you... only had my best friend left who had the same name as my daughter.. saved my life and helped my find a way to live.. and then he died of sudden leukemia on the anniversary of losing my family...
    Life is hard and unfair.. dont know how I keep going..
    Small things that give me hope is the beauty that lies within each of us if only we can be brave enough to choose.
    Thank you Evan. Touched my heart and gave me some peace when all was lost . X

    • @RenatoTrentinYT
      @RenatoTrentinYT 4 роки тому +47

      So sad bro, I can't imagine how you feel now. Is hard to believe that life is good when these things happen. I hope you get better. But don't give up, take care of yourself, you will find happiness and joy again 🥺✌️

    • @TheCyrilx06
      @TheCyrilx06 4 роки тому +25

      omg man i'm gonna pray for you it's terrible what's happening to you hope you will find a way to enjoy life again

    • @joshuaknighton2244
      @joshuaknighton2244 4 роки тому +23

      Your post made me tear up

    • @JaderBarros12
      @JaderBarros12 4 роки тому +14

      Hello bro, i'm very sorry for your lost and i'm hopping that you being fine. Read your comment while listen the music just touch so hard my heart. Things can be very hard, but i expect thar you find happines and love again. You wife and daughter will be alwais with you. Be fine!

    • @cisichei
      @cisichei 4 роки тому +7

      Stay strong brother. I hope you will find some peace soon. So sorry. Thanks for sharing. This puts everything in perspective.

  • @glibby1125
    @glibby1125 Рік тому +56

    amongst the other 10,703 comments I wanted to say how much this cover has meant to me in the last 7 or 8 years or thereabouts, I come back and listen to it all the time. I am so weirdly grateful, and I wish you all the best in 2023, Evan

  • @xFeaTHD
    @xFeaTHD 5 років тому +661

    After 14 long years on the internet, I've just decided that this is my absolute favourite video ever.

    • @joaquinivona9265
      @joaquinivona9265 4 роки тому +7

      Bruh if this is your absolute favorite video I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes

    • @MeurigDavies
      @MeurigDavies 4 роки тому +14

      Isn't it great to discover something that really moves you? Deadmau5 is amazing and Evan Duffy covers Strobe Brilliantly!

    • @R3mbo69
      @R3mbo69 4 роки тому +5

      You must see dancing triangle that will change your mind

    • @justblaze4707
      @justblaze4707 4 роки тому +10

      Cheers brother. These people must've never had the opportunity to see him live or know the passion in the song itself or feel the emotion evan is using to project it to us. I love this cover soooo much.

    • @kurtdewittphoto
      @kurtdewittphoto 4 роки тому

      You haven't seen Creed Shreds then.

  • @No-ph6tc
    @No-ph6tc 8 років тому +991

    This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my life

    • @DNAGCAT
      @DNAGCAT 8 років тому +4

      Good, but Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninoff ... have created much much more beautiful pieces.
      Listen and raise your expectation of what is MOST beautiful.
      (i didn't mention Mozart, Beethoven and the other Gods because it's too obvious)

    • @quentinwolff4238
      @quentinwolff4238 8 років тому +1

      Don't forget Chilly Gonzales and Ludovico Einaudi

    • @RektalRainja
      @RektalRainja 8 років тому +40

      I feel like what is "most" beautiful is incredibly subjective.

    • @repker
      @repker 8 років тому +79

      Good, but [name drop],[name drop],[name drop] ... have created much much more beautiful pieces.
      Listen and raise you expectation of what is MOST beautiful (in order to have arbitrary 'good' taste in music like I do).
      (can't mention too popular giants of the past as that would detract from my excellent and mature taste in music)

    • @No-ph6tc
      @No-ph6tc 8 років тому +15

      Ever hear of the word; "Preference"?

  • @chriscarrillo967
    @chriscarrillo967 3 роки тому +266

    Coming back here after these eight long years. Saved this to my “old memories and things to feel” playlist. Thank you for painting a chapter to the soundtrack of my life, enabling me to drop right back into memories at the sound of your keys, and giving me more reason to be inspired when I feel stuck in a rut. Hope you’re doing well after all this time Evan.

    • @Lydiaohlydiaa
      @Lydiaohlydiaa Рік тому +1

      Meaningful

    • @atreyuthekid8456
      @atreyuthekid8456 7 місяців тому +5

      Would you mind sharing that playlist?

    • @ImRhys
      @ImRhys 6 місяців тому

      Couldn't put it better myself!

  • @Raii_Chu
    @Raii_Chu 4 місяці тому +9

    Deadmau5 Strobe is lowkey one of the most beautiful pieces about love, how it provides you with undertones of joy and happiness as you progress, constantly wanting more than what is given but you must force a sense of appreciation, taking it for granted might choke the relationship ruining the journey that was paved for you, to pace and to appreciate and to love what is in front of you, allowing you to flourish into something more after teetering over the edge of an almost unbearable wait. The strobing rhythm of ones breathing and heartbeat, steady and consistent, with the one.

  • @TheDigiZoo
    @TheDigiZoo 10 років тому +174

    I feel as if the audience at a classical recital would believe this to be beautiful, not knowing it's origins. That puts a smile on my face.

    • @vinesthemonkey
      @vinesthemonkey 10 років тому +27

      IMO the sound is too "pop"-y and a bit repititive but it's still wonderful

    • @MikeUnited747
      @MikeUnited747 10 років тому +2

      That is actually so true :)

    • @MadafakinRio
      @MadafakinRio 10 років тому +1

      Zach Martin I love to show these videos to all my friends who say "Dubstep" (they classify all of EDM in that one genre) is shit and show them how much that music has taste, it's just expressed with different methods (different instruments, if you can call them that).

    • @Brixey55
      @Brixey55 10 років тому

      vinesthemonkey If he just played the first half of the song, it wouldn't sound too pop-y.

    • @AJMILITIA
      @AJMILITIA 9 років тому +1

      I true music enthusiast would find it's origins beautiful as well as any variation.

  • @codybrookehanson2346
    @codybrookehanson2346 8 років тому +233

    I love how the piano brings out the true beauty of this song and puts it in a way EVERY person of any age and culture can enjoy. Wow dude

  • @RoastinBuds
    @RoastinBuds 3 роки тому +41

    Another year, I've returned, I've cried again. What an amazing morning to be alive. If you're reading this, stay safe and find the beauty in this world we currently live in.

  • @Comeoutwithyourhandsup
    @Comeoutwithyourhandsup 3 роки тому +259

    I honestly think that this “video” has had more impact on me than anything else ive ever seen, and i think that no one has been effected as much as me by this. Ive been listening to this consistently for 8years, I literally learned to play piano because of this video. Ive been through 8 states and now hawaii, 8 years, 4 jobs, highschool, college, 4 girlfriends, and a marriage with this song always in the front of my head. Evan Duffy, i want you to know that what you did here was not just make a few bucks or learn a cool song, but changed my life. @evanduffy

    • @oxlip
      @oxlip Рік тому +12

      damn

    • @arny338
      @arny338 Рік тому +3

      Same 😢

    • @tenjisaga
      @tenjisaga Рік тому +4

      I can't tell if it's the video/song again or reading this comment for the first time but I am covered in goosebumps and my brain is flooding with oxytocin.

    • @stephenhare7369
      @stephenhare7369 Рік тому +2

      I understand.

    • @delirium4744
      @delirium4744 Рік тому +2

      crying right now. So proud of you

  • @Tauri9111
    @Tauri9111 4 роки тому +672

    holy.... sh** youtube recommended this in 2020.... an this is incredible! thank you Evan

    • @kellcifur6985
      @kellcifur6985 4 роки тому +3

      Perseus Portaliono Assissiono i Dotaaria I’m so happy this appeared in my suggested. Brings back old and beautiful memories.

    • @TheBuntajames
      @TheBuntajames 5 місяців тому +4

      Dude.. 2024.. the algorithm has become sentient

    • @FiatIsDead
      @FiatIsDead 3 місяці тому +1

      2024, the algo is back!

    • @arcadesunday4592
      @arcadesunday4592 2 місяці тому +2

      I almost "liked" but noticed that the like count is 666... had to leave it there. What a SICK replica of the original!!

  • @BerkB
    @BerkB 5 років тому +481

    Absolute mau5terpiece
    Never gets old

    • @jamesodeal6401
      @jamesodeal6401 4 роки тому +2

      @@lukaszbertoli6308 that's the best way to put him. "Best asshole in the world"

    • @Luwiszz
      @Luwiszz 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamesodeal6401 Asshole In good sense, Right ? kkk

    • @Luwiszz
      @Luwiszz 4 роки тому +1

      How is laugh in English ? (Sorry for bad English)

    • @jamesodeal6401
      @jamesodeal6401 4 роки тому +1

      @@Luwiszz of course. I can't understand how he makes such beautiful music.

    • @karinahernandezflores539
      @karinahernandezflores539 4 роки тому +1

      This is beauty

  • @garethheeter3342
    @garethheeter3342 Рік тому +78

    I’ve been watching this video for years now and it hits me in the soul the exact same way it did the first time. Please release a Spotify version

  • @youngtwizzler
    @youngtwizzler 4 роки тому +55

    Tbh definitely one of the most impressive piano covers I’ve ever seen

  • @speardfrog1
    @speardfrog1 4 роки тому +1022

    When the youtube algorithm actually gets it right...

  • @federicogiordano9237
    @federicogiordano9237 8 років тому +410

    i always thought that electronic and classical music have much more things in common than most of the people may think

    • @RandyAbbassi
      @RandyAbbassi 8 років тому +59

      +federico giordano electronic music requires a very high skill level to actually communicate music. otherwise its just some mediocre beat leading to an easy to make "dope" beat drop. same goes to classical music, it requires a high skill level to make and it requires a high skill level of understanding to actually appreciate it!

    • @springboxlp1370
      @springboxlp1370 8 років тому +7

      +Randy Abbassi easy to make drop, haha yeah maybe if you use presets xD

    • @CharlieBurnsow
      @CharlieBurnsow 8 років тому +47

      +B. Tickles Compose a drop is easy. Compose good electronic music that just doesn't go for a drop is a challenge.

    • @Choruseffect
      @Choruseffect 8 років тому +2

      +federico giordano composition wise electronic music and classical music are nothing alike.....

    • @federicogiordano9237
      @federicogiordano9237 8 років тому +2

      Choruseffect it depends by the kind of electronic music and classical music of course but try to hear:
      tycho - dye
      or something by Ludovico Einaudi

  • @leonardorenzetti4857
    @leonardorenzetti4857 2 місяці тому +2

    I was here 11 years ago when Evan released this... And this still gives me chills like I was hearing for the 1st time

  • @crunkskunk12
    @crunkskunk12 20 днів тому +2

    Bro still makes me cry. Not tears of sadness. But tears that all those times happened. Wouldn’t trade them for anytime. Miss you Brett.

  • @15DjjC13
    @15DjjC13 5 років тому +184

    Bravo to you sir. Strobe is my favorite Deadmau5 song and you just made it a classical masterpiece. This will go down history.

    • @Yuzuki1337
      @Yuzuki1337 4 роки тому +1

      Your profile picture is like if Monokuma had a wolf son

  • @arkeliosepia2365
    @arkeliosepia2365 5 років тому +2177

    Imagine if he had played this in front of an audience during the 1800s!

    • @hecticbeatzz5628
      @hecticbeatzz5628 5 років тому +632

      He would have been called crazy and probably murdered.

    • @robiaharefin6876
      @robiaharefin6876 5 років тому +275

      Well 50 percent chances are he'll just get rejected by the audience and the rest of the probability is he's gonna become the Mozart of their time

    • @skbartistry2473
      @skbartistry2473 5 років тому +98

      @@hecticbeatzz5628 nah, thats the middle ages. Not the renaissance or the industrial revolution

    • @tsfbaf303
      @tsfbaf303 5 років тому +258

      Arkelio Sepia Way too repetitve and simple to interest audiences back then

    • @skbartistry2473
      @skbartistry2473 5 років тому +40

      @Badger0fDeath Chill dude, it was a joke. I'm not historically illiterate.

  • @Koosh93
    @Koosh93 2 місяці тому +3

    Every couple years, the algorithm brings this masterpiece back to my homepage and I always greatly appreciate this wonderful masterpiece and it also reminds me that Deadmau5 is truly a marvelous composer.

  • @conallmcauley1385
    @conallmcauley1385 5 місяців тому +4

    dude this is so impressive how well he played this because he's playing in thirds that interlock so he has to constantly syncopate himself with uneven notes at 128bpm, huge props dude

  • @MiniGui98
    @MiniGui98 5 років тому +1622

    Simpler Times.
    When we were kids.
    Playing Halo the whole night.
    No worries, only homework.
    Simpler Times.
    Cheer up to life, people, you never know you're living the good time until it passes.

    • @madhattermd1
      @madhattermd1 5 років тому +68

      I'm at a bar. Outside sharing a big table with people I dont know.
      Trying to not look like I'm crying.

    • @Doctor_Drew
      @Doctor_Drew 5 років тому +12

      Gosh that is so true

    • @ufkrec
      @ufkrec 4 роки тому +6

      For me was the same but... Mario bros 3 and arcade games...

    • @umairabbas2468
      @umairabbas2468 4 роки тому +2

      Oh dude that made me cry..

    • @blackhatvisions
      @blackhatvisions 4 роки тому +5

      Minecraft you mean? Lol

  • @bobbrownintruth
    @bobbrownintruth 5 років тому +98

    Played it like you wrote it. Bravo sir.

  • @TheGameTrainzHD
    @TheGameTrainzHD 2 роки тому +11

    0:30 the moment the song switches from repetitive beeping always gives me chills and relief

  • @RussellSilva
    @RussellSilva 4 роки тому +39

    This is why deadmau5 is so fucking awesome
    Even a piano cover slaps harder than most artist's studio work
    Love it Evan

  • @nickwilliams4624
    @nickwilliams4624 4 роки тому +36

    The transition at 4:41 gives me goosebumps every damn time

  • @RadisDancer
    @RadisDancer 10 років тому +161

    This song shows, (i feel like it does)
    first part - Something bad and sad happened in life.
    second part - Everything starts again, another chance, its becoming a great life.
    :)

  • @_joapa
    @_joapa 3 роки тому +28

    When the UA-cam algorithm hits the sweet spot. This cover is insane!

  • @keesweirdcase3614
    @keesweirdcase3614 5 місяців тому +25

    Coming back after 10 years. Best piano cover ever, best deadmau5 recreation ever. Still love it😮

  • @patryk2497
    @patryk2497 4 роки тому +369

    Don’t get how there are so many dislikes, this guy spilled his heart and soul into that piano

    • @frankiehs
      @frankiehs 4 роки тому +7

      because this guy is acting like he got down syndrom

    • @glitch.engine.music22
      @glitch.engine.music22 4 роки тому +28

      @@frankiehs but the video wasn't about acting lmao!!!

    • @frankiehs
      @frankiehs 4 роки тому +2

      @@glitch.engine.music22 ok

    • @mrchain7
      @mrchain7 4 роки тому +48

      @@frankiehs It's called playing with passion lol. You obviously aren't a musician, because that didn't even cross my mind.

    • @frankiehs
      @frankiehs 4 роки тому +3

      ​@@mrchain7 i dont play music? based on what?

  • @Jessx
    @Jessx 9 років тому +89

    He played the hell out of that thing

  • @smithplayspokemon
    @smithplayspokemon 2 місяці тому +3

    Strobe is a forever classic

  • @jeremy5072
    @jeremy5072 4 роки тому +25

    I'm not crying you're crying!

  • @saibot_201
    @saibot_201 5 років тому +369

    Thank you youtube for recommending that :D

  • @matthewsunga4698
    @matthewsunga4698 8 років тому +1557

    Iphone: "Hehehe. He'll never find me here."

  • @djignoremusic2297
    @djignoremusic2297 4 роки тому +17

    When you have a recommendation in quarantine and you see a cover of the nicest song come up and start to have thoughts of your past outside with a smoke looking that moon . Man

  • @bmaca
    @bmaca Рік тому +52

    I can't explain why I cry every time I hear this cover. It's the most beautiful thing on the internet 💖

    • @madelineritchie
      @madelineritchie Рік тому +2

      thank you. yes.

    • @YouSuckLikeUrFriends
      @YouSuckLikeUrFriends 6 місяців тому

      why did u say thank you? lmao@@madelineritchie

    • @SUPERIOSA
      @SUPERIOSA 6 місяців тому +1

      me too

    • @xPara
      @xPara 4 місяці тому

      I just heard this cover for the first time and yes, I agree.

  • @mikehighton8804
    @mikehighton8804 4 роки тому +242

    Hope Deadmau5 has seen this, definitely should work with this dude

  • @nicoleyatawara5825
    @nicoleyatawara5825 6 років тому +136

    this is the most beautiful piano cover i've ever heard. i love it so so much. i'm just listening to it over and over every day now. can't get enough. the feels, the arrangement, the transcription, just flawless. thank you.

    • @MrJohndory111
      @MrJohndory111 4 роки тому

      If you like this, check out Robert miles - children (paul Skelton)

    • @mathiaslagerqvist1236
      @mathiaslagerqvist1236 3 місяці тому

      Friendly reminder to rewatch and enjoy this masterpiece. I hope all is well :)

  • @SpectrumDigitalRaves
    @SpectrumDigitalRaves 3 місяці тому +3

    It's sad that most people only listen to the last half... The beginning is so beautifully played, and has just everything you need to know why you came for the whole song. Without it just sounds like a piano cover of the song, when it's *more* than a piano cover. If people have the time, I would advice you to listen to the whole piece, if you can.

    • @stonefx83
      @stonefx83 3 місяці тому +1

      the beginning is the most beautiful part.

  • @blackstarautogroup2185
    @blackstarautogroup2185 Рік тому +4

    Commented on this video 7 years ago….. now IM BACK!!!
    Quality at
    ITS FINEST!!!!
    EVAN!!!!
    THE DUFF DUFF
    DUFFY!!!!

  • @Hhhhhhhhhhjhggghv
    @Hhhhhhhhhhjhggghv 5 років тому +656

    Didn’t know Jesse Eisenberg played piano this well

  • @JoximusARTpage
    @JoximusARTpage 5 років тому +63

    Damn, I remember watching this guy upload when I was a kid in highschool.. Thanks youtube for recommending him to me again

  • @mrmeliodaskid
    @mrmeliodaskid 4 місяці тому +3

    My best friend passed away recently. This song reminds me of him and honestly it will forever hit different to me until the day I leave this planet.

  • @mrsluigi9478
    @mrsluigi9478 3 роки тому +74

    This piece of music might actually be timeless. Imagine if someone 500 years ago played this, what would the towns reaction be? What would for example Mozart’s reaction be? This is just incredible

    • @ChrisJohnson-ze5nm
      @ChrisJohnson-ze5nm 2 роки тому +3

      Might be? Strobe is absolutely timeless, which is unheard of for music theses days.

    • @galex2000
      @galex2000 2 роки тому +5

      I imagine Mozart would be mesmerized hearing this :)

    • @kamacazi8
      @kamacazi8 2 роки тому +1

      @@galex2000 hahahahaaaaa

    • @leparraindufromage366
      @leparraindufromage366 Рік тому +9

      I think Mozart might not have liked it that much because of the heavy use of pure fifths / power chords in the left hand and no modulation of the harmonic key, that wasn't seen as very desirable in that time (for us it's very standard). But he'd probably find it very interesting. I think later composers (maybe Bartok, Satie, Ravel, Debussy) would appreciate it though, they might have even written variations on it

    • @yakamashi8211
      @yakamashi8211 Рік тому +2

      @@leparraindufromage366 debussy sounds like...nvm

  • @sky-is-strife5555
    @sky-is-strife5555 4 роки тому +110

    This legit made me cry Bc of all the memories
    Friends
    Halo
    No family problems
    Just me and music

    • @jamesh.2890
      @jamesh.2890 4 роки тому +4

      Dude I got chills when I read this. I wish knew knew eachother in real life so we can listen to this song together

    • @eggsackington873
      @eggsackington873 4 роки тому +4

      Exactly that my friends

  • @Daywalker777r
    @Daywalker777r 5 років тому +289

    wish he had a third hand to do the boo boo bee bap boop ......... boo boo boo beep bop boop.

    • @cangrejo5683
      @cangrejo5683 4 роки тому +42

      Best part of this is that I know what boo boo bee bap boop are u talking about

    • @19NinetyUK
      @19NinetyUK 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahahaha

    • @michaelj1712
      @michaelj1712 4 роки тому +1

      10/10 comment

    • @SuperMegaog
      @SuperMegaog 4 роки тому +11

      Nah bro you mean beep beep boop boop bee bop

    • @cloudscape5996
      @cloudscape5996 4 роки тому +3

      I get it.. that weird typo sound but it actually completes the song..

  • @danielareyes8657
    @danielareyes8657 4 роки тому +20

    There was so much thought put into every note, the amount of pressure the type of release.. Awesome!

  • @paulwallwhat
    @paulwallwhat Місяць тому +1

    The first time I heard Strobe was on the for lack of a better name album. I was in bed about 11pm at night, drifting off to sleep. Then the greatest dance song of all time kicked in. That drop, just dropped and I lost my shit. I listened to it like 10 times. What a song, a total masterpiece. And I absolutely love this version, found it ten years ago and I always come back.

  • @Lucas-we1jk
    @Lucas-we1jk 7 років тому +125

    Man, i cried.

  • @DustinBlunt
    @DustinBlunt 10 років тому +71

    365 days. That is how many times I have listened to this. Last year when I first heard this I told my self I would listen to this 1 time a day for a year. Believe it or not. BUT. That is just saying how AMAZING this song is.

  • @alankane760
    @alankane760 2 роки тому +5

    You saved my life in 2014 with this cover. Just wanted to say thanks.

  • @CRSwift
    @CRSwift 3 роки тому +36

    I try to be strong. But when I'm alone. This song is so beautiful it helps me cry and release all the feelings I have bottled inside.

  • @susanmokhtarian8689
    @susanmokhtarian8689 9 років тому +52

    I remember first time i saw this video 2012. It's 2015 now and i still can't get enough of it!!! This is candy for the ears. You are so talented

    • @Bernie398
      @Bernie398 6 років тому +1

      Susan Mokhtarian 2017 Sep still coming back here time and time

    • @hd1092e
      @hd1092e 6 років тому +2

      Well it's 2018 and we still here

  • @douglasnolan4494
    @douglasnolan4494 4 роки тому +43

    Its ones thing to do a song in 9/8 time such that there are altering measure of in sync/out of sync measures, easy to do on a computer... its another thing to actually be able to perform it as a human... I love how much evan clenches in time changes.

  • @ALROD
    @ALROD 3 роки тому +18

    Why the heck did UA-cam recommend this to me in 2020? Almost 8 years later! But I listened till the end. You can be forgiven, YT.

  • @0mnicide
    @0mnicide 3 роки тому +13

    This has been one of my favorite songs since I first heard it 11 years ago.
    I first heard it when playing Team Fortress 2 and some guy was playing it through the Half-LifeDJ thingy that let you play music to the whole server.

  • @justinmedina2050
    @justinmedina2050 7 років тому +76

    I almost cry of happiness while listening to this beauty. Thank You for taking the time to share this with the world.

  • @thebeasters
    @thebeasters 5 років тому +2780

    Never seen this until today
    2019 crew check in!

    • @337ClimbingSnowman
      @337ClimbingSnowman 5 років тому +10

      Same here. Still sent me down memory lane! Truly awesome!

    • @pb.pb.pb.pb.
      @pb.pb.pb.pb. 5 років тому +5

      Wow me neither. Fucking amazing !!!

    • @gernst83
      @gernst83 5 років тому +4

      Same here. Been going through his whole channel all night. So Good!

    • @Cr4zyP1r0
      @Cr4zyP1r0 5 років тому +5

      This was an experience indeed

    • @lance_goosen
      @lance_goosen 5 років тому

      Checking in.

  • @lanethomas812
    @lanethomas812 Рік тому +51

    Can you imagine what Chopin would think of this if he heard it? It gives me goosebumps to think about

    • @lucidviolin1298
      @lucidviolin1298 Рік тому +6

      he would definitely appreciate...I don't say this much, but this classical music-level genius...

    • @awtistiaeth4699
      @awtistiaeth4699 Рік тому +2

      Philip Glass sprang to mind for me and he's still alive so we can ask him lol

    • @kokits
      @kokits Рік тому +1

      He’d rave like there’s no tomorrow’s

    • @batboy5023
      @batboy5023 11 місяців тому +9

      He'd think it sucks.

    • @Matt-km1ek
      @Matt-km1ek 6 місяців тому +4

      @@soultaker840 lol right? What a weird comment. This is a beautiful arrangement and excellent cover, but you’d have to be daft or have no understanding of classical music or piano to think any composer would be “blown away” by a Deadmau5 song

  • @odderlendp-johnsen9345
    @odderlendp-johnsen9345 9 місяців тому +6

    I always feel strobe is matching my life story. The start is perfectly telling the sad, violent and abused time of my life. Then the raging addiction to every drug i could find and all the times i almost died of OD or suicide. Then when it calms in the middle i found out i could get a better life, i find recovery, i work hard with myself, i meet some humps amd bumps but still on the path of recovery. And then now! Today! Kids, girlfriend, dogs and cats AND work to go to. Friends who love me! Life is smiling, life is beautifull and i love living, breathing and waking up in the morning❤

    • @frit7370
      @frit7370 6 місяців тому

      ☝️ So true! This made my night!🤩 Thank you for sharing! Stay awesome, and yes.. life is beautiful and worth living! 🥰

    • @SeashellSeashell-du1sl
      @SeashellSeashell-du1sl 5 місяців тому

      I wish you peace, love and happiness, always! I hope you are doing well ❤

  • @lyndenfds
    @lyndenfds 8 років тому +269

    Good one Jesse eisenberg xD

  • @mikreef
    @mikreef 5 років тому +94

    Why am I just seeing this now. Brilliant

    • @theshoes7488
      @theshoes7488 5 років тому +1

      UA-cam likes to rub it in our (the artists) faces lol I’m from The Electric Shoes and I don’t even own my on UA-cam page anymore...(it’s been privated and in privated so I’ve lost thousands of plays but) that’s UA-cam

  • @JoeyGodsey
    @JoeyGodsey 2 роки тому +13

    Am I the only person that almost cried at how amazing this was? Great job dude.

  • @saintjoan2339
    @saintjoan2339 3 роки тому +7

    Evan I just want to say thank you. I’ve watched this video maybe 10 times and I’m brought to tears every single time. You play with such soul and feeling. I’ve started playing piano agin after 20 years and when I’m struggling I watch you here and you inspire me to continue. This is more than just a cover, it’s a work of art in its own right. Thank you.

    • @Jazzadrin
      @Jazzadrin 2 роки тому +2

      That's awesome. I agree he is a sage and such an inspiring musician.

  • @Spike.SpiegeI
    @Spike.SpiegeI 4 роки тому +159

    somehow just stumbled upon this masterpiece, almost exactly 7 years later. Here's hoping your 2020 is even better than your 2019

    • @Aeis
      @Aeis 4 роки тому

      i saw this a long time ago. I'm surprised it hasn't got more likes, no one plays it better..

    • @smeegle
      @smeegle 4 роки тому +107

      this comment did not age well

    • @McHammerMeal
      @McHammerMeal 4 роки тому +12

      Smeegle yeah it’s pretty shit out

    • @roastytoasty8815
      @roastytoasty8815 4 роки тому +13

      So about your comment …

    • @anpel13
      @anpel13 4 роки тому +9

      Lol that comment did not age well!

  • @prisiort13
    @prisiort13 8 років тому +198

    I almost cried at 6:30 unexplainable. Guess it takes me back to better times. Better Music, Better People & a better world.

    • @marlon6598
      @marlon6598 8 років тому +50

      >back to better times
      >better world
      I think you meant 6:30 takes you back to a time where you were blissfully ignorant of the shitty world we live in.

    • @AlexMacHD
      @AlexMacHD 7 років тому +5

      the feels

    • @kathyelizabeth3282
      @kathyelizabeth3282 7 років тому +2

      Alex McNamara truth Alex

    • @solbanan
      @solbanan 7 років тому +9

      the only thing shitty about this world is the view you hold towards it

    • @solbanan
      @solbanan 7 років тому +15

      you lived then, you live now
      what is the difference? find it

  • @Reazintful
    @Reazintful 7 місяців тому +5

    As respecting as Joel is, it blows my mind how long this video has existed without a nice comment or nod from him.

    • @JCplusplus
      @JCplusplus 7 місяців тому

      Maybe he hasn't seen it

  • @victoraugustto
    @victoraugustto Рік тому +7

    I lost my dog ​​a few days ago, he was old and sick. We talked to him that he can leave in peace, that he shouldn't be afraid of anything. So I put him on my lap and we listen to this song while we pet him, he passed away in my mother's arms hours later.
    Júnior I just want to thank you for being in my family for almost 16 years, you brought us love and joy every single day, we will always love you, especially me. I hope to meet you someday in heaven my big dog

  • @matteogagliardi1207
    @matteogagliardi1207 6 років тому +596

    Please man, please! Do deadmau5 - polaris on piano

  • @summer6392
    @summer6392 9 років тому +77

    This is my light in the darkness

  • @alexsmith3846
    @alexsmith3846 Рік тому +2

    I remember first hearing this song. I cried. Literally 0500 in NC waiting to do my job. Thinking of myself. Then wanting to just melt all of my anxiety and anger away with tones. Then I felt like I could do so much on that day.

  • @tessahickey8907
    @tessahickey8907 3 роки тому +8

    It's been years since I first listened to this cover. I actually performed this piece back in high school, and. having UA-cam recommend this to me after so many years is insanely ironic. Thank you Evan for creating such a beautiful rendition. Hope you're doing well.

  • @ariseyhun2085
    @ariseyhun2085 4 роки тому +68

    If you're still looking for your phone, you left it behind the music stand.

  • @alifleming3067
    @alifleming3067 4 роки тому +55

    Never been more jealous of somebody's musical ability than I am while watching this video, unreal

    • @The_real_Arovor
      @The_real_Arovor 3 роки тому

      Dude you could play this within a day without any previous knowledge about how to play piano.

    • @Karlmcewan
      @Karlmcewan 3 роки тому +8

      The best time to learn an instrument is as a kid.
      The second best time is now.

    • @TatianaBazan
      @TatianaBazan Рік тому

      This song is not thar hard. It only takes practice

  • @dcamron46
    @dcamron46 Рік тому +7

    The end of this song feels like what I'd like to imagine a peaceful death in old age feels like. Echos of the earlier feelings of excitement as it fades out.

  • @chandankalita1647
    @chandankalita1647 3 роки тому +2

    Fact- All the people who love this masterpiece has never skipped this awesome piano cover and watched till the end probably a hundred times!

  • @jcdelpiero
    @jcdelpiero 8 років тому +28

    Everything Evan Duffy touches turns to GOLD... Listening to this in 2015 & still get goosebumps like it was the first time!!!

    • @MrAyoub147
      @MrAyoub147 8 років тому +13

      +jcdelpiero i dont take away any credits from Evan Duffy but strobe is already a masterpiece

  • @DeepHouseRoom
    @DeepHouseRoom 9 років тому +24

    Wow. Just WOW!!! Best 'Strobe' cover ever.

  • @canislupus7421
    @canislupus7421 4 роки тому +8

    Can't tell you how much this cover means to me. I saw it a year after he posted it and it's been swirling in my soul ever since. 💚

  • @Suns631.
    @Suns631. 3 роки тому +24

    Brother this gave me chills through out my whole entire body, like let's make the world a better place type of chills🌍❤

  • @LarryPanozzo
    @LarryPanozzo 7 років тому +22

    Usually when I hear deadmau5 it feels like it enters my soul, but this time I could see it entering yours.

    • @DerPS3ZockerTV
      @DerPS3ZockerTV 5 років тому

      For me too. Deadmau5 is a Person from another Planet in my opinion, this deep melodies Everytime from him ❤️

  • @amateurschallenge
    @amateurschallenge 10 років тому +110

    please play this on a grand piano

    • @daviddeweaver4235
      @daviddeweaver4235 9 років тому +44

      No he shouldn't...something might explode!

    • @cooneykiid
      @cooneykiid 9 років тому +28

      David DeWeaver my genitals

    • @amateurschallenge
      @amateurschallenge 9 років тому

      :O

    • @Proloser23
      @Proloser23 9 років тому +15

      If he played on a grand. It would've sounded better but you'll need a really good grand and a kickass microphone for it to sound as good as aux input from the electric piano.

  • @andrewgrainger5006
    @andrewgrainger5006 3 місяці тому +1

    The original version from Joel and this absolute masterpiece of a cover with the most beautiful of instruments played by such a talented guy will forever be my all time favourite. And I just want to thank both of you for both versions. This hits me on so many levels and I can’t quite comprehend what it does for me. But I’ll be forever grateful for you for doing this. Bravo Evan. Bravo.

  • @adamrosenthal3299
    @adamrosenthal3299 4 роки тому +40

    Oh my god is this incredible. This couldn't have been better executed. I would argue that this cover stirs more emotion than the original.

    • @Jazzadrin
      @Jazzadrin 2 роки тому +2

      I agree that it definitely is more emotional than the original song. Better? No, but more emotional. Piano resonates in a deep way, especially melodic and soulful playing whereas EDM has an artificiality to it.

  • @Rhadog_
    @Rhadog_ 5 років тому +55

    Jake Peralta from brooklyn 99 plays piano really well, congrats jake. Big fan here.

    • @sephill9356
      @sephill9356 5 років тому +6

      Cooo coo coo coocool cool no doubt no doubt

  • @WarmWatermelon
    @WarmWatermelon 5 років тому +392

    I'd like to listen to this during my last moments on my death bed...

    • @MrMrRubic
      @MrMrRubic 4 роки тому +24

      @Frank no, you're just underdramatic

    • @Kate-ng3xx
      @Kate-ng3xx 4 роки тому +4

      Gay

    • @ladenbin
      @ladenbin 4 роки тому +2

      Thats hella gay bro. On my death bed i would love to listen to the Alien puzzy lickerz projectzz slam worldwide deathcore.

    • @Yung_ammo
      @Yung_ammo 4 роки тому +1

      WarmWatermelon *gets shot

    • @brandonlang9322
      @brandonlang9322 4 роки тому

      I was thinking of this playing at my funeral.

  • @chadpaul3942
    @chadpaul3942 2 роки тому +8

    Can't tell you how many times I've listened to this. Hauntingly beautiful. Well done Evan.

  • @Dude-WheresMyCar
    @Dude-WheresMyCar Місяць тому +1

    Just the first few seconds of build up gave me the chills, this is so perfect!

  • @MrFukyootoob
    @MrFukyootoob 5 років тому +54

    Super tight! Precision level 100, touch level 100, style level 100, overall feel level 100, I listened a couple days ago and I'm back

  • @MrWalkersNeighborhood
    @MrWalkersNeighborhood 4 роки тому +5

    Y’all ever just had one thing you can’t get enough of? 7 years later and I still watch this video in amazement.

  • @chraosta
    @chraosta 3 роки тому +9

    At first I was like what got into him after watching the whole thing I understand... this wouldn’t have been possible without that amount of passion, simply beautiful.

    • @scootndute579
      @scootndute579 3 роки тому +2

      it took him a few tries.. he wanted no mistakes and the end was the hardest so its passion + sweat + love for music

  • @Rippler666
    @Rippler666 7 років тому +125

    Is it normal to cry silently in sadness, covered in goosebums while listening to this? I have done it every time i hear it since the first time 2 years go. Its so freaking beautiful and sad at the same time, but yet its like its also telling me its going to be ok in the end. Anyone else have similar experience?

    • @javierp9435
      @javierp9435 6 років тому

      Absoluty

    • @robertourriola8087
      @robertourriola8087 6 років тому +1

      Rippler been every single time

    • @SerxRox
      @SerxRox 5 років тому

      Absolutely right.

    • @chrisrichardson4693
      @chrisrichardson4693 5 років тому +1

      I'm so sorry you had me until goosebums. Lmao just that imagery is hilarious. OK sorry back to contemplating and thinking about the good times.

    • @vanamburgben
      @vanamburgben 5 років тому +3

      Rippler I cry sometimes. Music is so good. Now I'm crying. I have good pimples too