My Latest Top 10 Spotify ROCK Review...Better or Worse?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- This episode is my 2nd Review of the Top 10 songs on the Rock charts. Is it getting better or worse?
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There are a bunch of comments on how quickly I figure out the songs. This is from ear training to develop my relative pitch. I literally have an ear training course that I developed 2 years that will teach you how to do this as easily as I do. The link for Beato Ear Training is in the description. Thanks!
It's also because all these songs basically have the same chords progressions :)
Yo Rick, super big fan, you literally inspired me to start my channel, keep rocking my dude!
@@orsozapata hahah
Rick, you do have a hell of an ear, but this stuff is kindergarten. I do not have near the ear you do and I could do it almost as fast. What I cannot do is pull off that Allan Holdsworth lick! (or play drums, or play piano.........LOL!)
Anyone who's been playing guitar as long has you have should be able to do this.
Rick Beato be like 'oh they play a 23 string ukulele bass, lets go get my 23 string ukulele bass'
😂 he's 💎
The fact that 23 isn’t divisible by anything (aka a prime number) softly implies that none of the strings are coupled (as opposed to a 12 string guitar, for example). If you were to tune the strings fourths apart (standard interval between bass strings) you’d end up with strings tuned both above and below the range of a full piano.
I’ll take 2.
best comment ever
Yeah it’s definitely tuned down step and a half but I can still play it on this guitar lol
He's a (wealthy and well recognized) producer/audio engineer so it makes sense. Tools of the trade and all that. I'm sure his gear has paid for itself many times over.
Why do most these songs sound like they would be on the ending credits to a Spider-Man movie
or American Pie
you nailed it
@@pauliuspaskevicius6600 Then they'd be the montage scene in the film's 2nd act.
cos they're quite generic sounding, unfortunately.
EXACTLY
Rick is like the sniffer dog of music. He hears music 3,000 times more intensely than everyone else, immediately dissecting every single note and every instrument. He then plays along first time after selecting the appropriate guitar. A very rare talent.
You guys are aware he spends 15 hours editing these videos, they aren't live and spontaneous.
@@gerardcote8391 🙄 Watch the videos he does with his son. Even he can do it, almost better...
@CRAB-20 I have yet to see him analyze any real complex songs.
The closest he came was the song by Segio Mendes and that wasn't really complicated.
He was amazed that the chord progressions stayed tge same but would shift up half steps and whole steps, as if he never heard of that before
Bur these were very common songwriting techniques in 20th century composition, especially in pop rock adult contemporary and metal.
@CRAB-20 Just one thing when you are listening to clean music where notes and chords are strummed and held for a second it is really easy to say, after years playing musical instruments, oh that's an E minor, or a B flat sus 2,
I would love to see him listen one time to the first measure of Yngwie Malmsteen's Trilogy Opus Suite, Then sit down with a peace of music paper and write out what he heard note for note. Or do an analysis live of Dream Theater's Dance of Eternity pointing out all the time signature changes, and key changes.
Or analyze BabyMetal Rondo of Nightmare with the Mischief of the Metal Gods intro, pointing out the key changes time signature changes, tempo changes, chords and modalities, inversions and modulations and do that live.
Anyone can learn it, my friend. When I was 15 I watched my guitar teacher do the same thing and my mind was blown. He assured me I'd be able to do the same one day.
Here I am, 16 years later, with the ability to exactly what Rick is doing here. It's all about your ear. You have to learn to really "listen". That's the key.
Seems like the pop punk/emo sound of the early 2000s is making a comeback. There were 3-4 songs on here that fit that mold (with some modern production tweaks).
If only that were true. Emo never dies.
maybe the first one, the rest doesnt sound like anything i heard on the 2000s
With "modern production" you mean horribly autotuned?
Also as an Italian, I'm waiting for Rick to review Maneskin... They really, really remind me of Rock-Pop and Pop-Punk bands from the "Noughties".
@@Baalicho Bro hollywood sucks is pure early Blink (that was actually in the 90's lol, but it got more popular in the 2000's)
Pop/Rap song with a palm muted guitar riff exists.
Spotify: Ah yes, *Rock*
Found the elitist
@@sabre242 Come on, if I play a polka and then mumble rap over it - is it hip hop?
@@KaninTuzi actually yes, because Hip-Hop always used to sample instrumentals from other music and then rap over it (or at least they did it A LOT in the beginning).
Bad example! XD
But I do agree with you that some of these songs have more in common with pop or rap than they do with a typical rock song.
And it ain't elitist to point that out!
It’s true though. Garbage.
@@sabre242 what elite is the poster a part of, exactly? Some YT cabal that pulls the strings?
So apparently pop punk is back, and everyone is using the same chord progressions.
I thought it was a bit I've heard it all before but better, The better Punk (Rock Pop) is coming out of the U.K at the moment .
@@brewsyyg Post punk is having a slight resurgence as well.
@@brewsyyg
Japan.
Nu metal as well it seems.
the same chord progressions never stopped being used
Most of the rock songs sound like pop songs just with heavier guitar.
Pop punk you mean?
That’s because rock is dead
@@danieldaniels7571 Probably true. Why I keep listening to old albums.
@@danieldaniels7571 I wouldn't say dead. The good bands are there just not featured much cus they are not generic and basic like these songs. Rock does not die you just harder to find.
I think thats a good think
sure Power Pop Punk but even metal songs that have great chord structures and melodic vocals sound good to me
0:27 10 - Amnesia by MOD SUN
2:31 9 - SOS (feat. Travis Barker) by Sueco
4:47 8 - Invincible (feat. Lindsey Stirling) by Escape The Fate
8:06 7 - Breathe Again by Pop Evil
10:49 6 - Adrenaline by Zero 9:36
13:02 5 - Anarchy by Lilith Czar
14:46 4 - Love Race (feat. Kellin Quinn) by Machine Gun Kelly
16:48 3 - Boilermaker by Royal Blood
18:54 2 - All The Good Ones by Weezer
20:13 1 - Hollywood Sucks// by KennyHoopla, Travis Barker
Breathe Again was a decent song.
Thx man
There’s nothing but a love of music here. No judgement, just a simple “that’s cool” and instant strumming like he wrote it 10 years ago.
I love listening to Rick talk about music. Gives me a want to go get to playing myself.
I wouldn’t mind a bit of “judgement” on some of em ;)
@@daviddavis1322 I gave up on my dream decades ago, but find myself wanting to pick it up again
@@DylanODonnell I hear you, but someone took the time to create something and put themselves out there. It may not be for you, but hopefully it brings joy to someone.
@@cg41 oh I totally agree. I love a lot of 3 chord songs. I’d just honestly like to hear ricks obviously held back exegesis. I know the production is “big” but we know that’s a euphemism.
Rick figuring out the "hollywood sucks" riff and instantly nailing it on the first try made me scream
It was too fast tho
I yelled out loud. Literally took him seconds
it's really not a complicated riff, and as Rick points out in another recent video, these riffs are recycled regularly
it's every blink-182 song tho?
If you stick with guitar for any longer than a year you'd be able to pick it up like that. Super easy riff! (Not putting it down) a lot of the best riffs are super easy
We need an "I listened to the Top 10 Eurovision songs", it would be ace!
And a what makes this song great for zitti e buoni
This would be too premium of content
When Rick says a song "sounds great," he's not saying the song is great. He means it was mixed well.
And that is him not wanting to alienate anyone! As soon as that camera turned off, I bet he said 'That was tuff to get through with a straight face'
Correct
Or he could actually like the music. Having an open mind is a thing.
I’m exactly Rick’s age and play rock in a band. I’ll bet it was pretty tough for him to even listen to these highly produced sounds (Rock Songs?).
@@ooniak36 I think it is cool he does this, as I wouldn't have a clue what the top 10 'rock' songs of today sound like. Unfortunately, now I do! LOL
One of Ricks superpowers is to be able to listen to autotune 23 minutes straight without imploding.
Haha!!!
Yeah. I just can’t. I turned it off at 2:09.
Paramore could have used Rick as a producer. They had a lot of potential then just turned into another pop band.
@@BlONIC I do.
@@BlONIC I care more about his comment than yours.
This playlist be like: Here's a artist you've never heard of before, playing with Travis Barker.
Travis Barker is the worst "rock" producer ever. The fact that has such a footprint on the current alternative charts is something I find depressing. There is so much more interesting music out there that is being blocked by this crap.
@@johnhamilton2588 travis barker is a drummer
@@louie8604 Yeah, I wish he had stayed just a drummer, LOL!
@@johnhamilton2588 ohhh i thought he played drums on all these songs, not produce them
@@louie8604 He's producer, co-writer, co-vocaliat, the whole deal. A HUGE ego trip
20 year cycle.. most of these songs sound like the mainstream/alternative rock of early 2000s
with the same drummer too
You're right , Olivia Rodrigo's Good 4 you also has a pop punk beat and is currently in the top 10 I think.
Well they are... Look at the bands or involvement... Like, I didn't know Pop Evil was still around... Haha
@@Adrian-zd4cs during the same period (early 2000s) we also had indie bands that were inspired by the avant garde and sound of the 80s. Thankfully there's always some evolution even if it's not in the pop charts
Is it really a cycle? First it was Coldplay and pop punk then it was just Coldplay and now it's just pop punk.
For me, this is more about watching Rick’s reaction than listening to what’s on the list.
8:14 looks awesome!
Yeah! I love it too.
Also, 8:20 will be great for gifs 😂
@@martiboucat Totally!
Not to mention how he ‘doesn’t’ react… restraint is definitely in tact. 😅👍
SO darn true! I laughed hard when I saw his reaction to the auto tune.
I reckon Rick could tell the color of a guitar just by listening to it😀
Laughed way to hard on that 🤣
It's funny, a lot of people take this seriously. Billy Corgan says his original yellow guitar sounded the way it did partially because of the color. I don't know about that but to each their own
It's sure not that difficult. Chappers can do it!
5:49 I haven't been that disappointed in a minute. The riff had me excited
Haha sameee 🙉
Christ, same!
The riff reminds me of “overrated” by three days grace
I agree
Just when I think I have you figured out as a person, you pull out an Abasi Guitar. Legendary.
The Royal Blood song is the only one that stands out for me not just because it’s Swing time but the openness, arrangement, voice and the song itself is better in my opinion. Although he’s a Bassist/Singer he gets a huge sound without resorting to cliches!
Mike Kerr is like a hook factory. He's pulling from a seemingly endless reservoir of catchy licks. Those guys are head and shoulders above the rest, and who can resist that nasty bass groove?
Love Royal Blood. The rest of this list is awful
Great track, Josh Homme's influence is all over it. I believe he produced one of the other tracks from this LP.
Stands out as the only rock song in the list.
Actually kind of reminds me of Jack White's solo work.
So to sum it up: according to Spotify today's top rock music is actually pop music with distorted guitars. I don't know... I feel old.
Yeah I also get that feeling. I'm asking myself where that comes from. Maybe because of the many four-chord loops in regular major keys instead of mixolydian and blues scales.
yup exactly!
@@bernhardkrickl3567 yeah, both are stale, we need something fresh, when it comes to rock
I don't think it has to do with age at all. The music sucks
Sounds fine to me. Music changes, imagine a world where it didn't. That's not a world I'd wanna be part of.
“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become Weezer”
Weezer ain't the only band to get lazy/lose inspiration after making it big.
Just the way it is sometimes.
Guess it's hard to write deep meaningful songs from an Ivory tower.
@@alext2566 Yeah some people lose the touch what made them famous. For example it's ultra cringe when a person gets popular for songs about being poor, lve broken etc and then they go big and next thing you know they still do the same thing so their songs can't contrast well with their reality. You can't sing that you are broke even tho you live in a million dollar apartment or villa etc. Or bitching about your life while someone out there is actually starving and strugling. It just doesn't adds up. Those are most common themes while singing about success is pointless and even more toxic. It's like you are rubbing it all into others people faces "look at me bla bla bla". People should seriously start singing more about nature or specific more common sense themes instead of just love, love broke, and being poor or having a bad day. Done to death already.
@@DJGodaryD86 Or write more using more introspective, observational, or esoteric themes. Chris Cornell and Tom Waits are two of my favorites for this.
They both stayed relatable despite success, because the music they wrote wasn't entirely dependent on external factors.
@@DJGodaryD86 So that's one thing Nickelback did right, I'm thinking of We All Wanna Be Big Rockstars, writing about what they have but from the perspective of a non-rockstar.
Nah Weezer put out 3 of their 5 best albums (white, ok human, ewbaite) in the last eight years
Imagine being in a band writing, riffing, jamming, rewriting, recording, recording, rewriting...
Rick Beato listening along for 15 seconds: okay, hang on, yup, got it.
Plays along straight away.
I'd be thrilled. It'd be like a polite and helpful chef Ramsay critiquing a dish you prepared and offering insight.
The man is a music analysis machine/encyclopedia, you can't realistically expect to compete with that on a technical level, nor is it necessary to write good music.
You're acting like the bands actually do any of that stuff. What they really do is play a little demo for the music producers. Two months later, the band members come into the studio to record their parts. Two months later, the songs are done. If they actually tour for the album, the band has to learn how to play the songs live, because they had very little input into how the songs actually turned out.
@@John-tr5hn I'd imagine if you got to the point where Rick is producing your music you would have enough disposable cash to pay for a little extra time with him. Maybe I'm wrong though. Don't tell me if I am.
Please don't ruin my fantasy
@@alext2566 I'm not a musician, but if I were, I'd try to write the best music possible. The better the music, the less you need a good producer. It's like would you rather be pretty or have a good makeup artist?
@@John-tr5hn I
A different perspective is always helpful. Sometimes all it takes is a little noodling around then 💡 Hey that sounds pretty good.
That's how the riff for Kashmir was written.
What I love about Rick is he is very secure with himself. He doesn’t feel the need to constantly rip other producers, or musicians . He’s very quick to differentiate between his taste and a good job.
Agreed. He doesn't need to rip on people just because it isn't necessarily his type of music. He can recognize talent in songs.
@@emjfotografi he always find some merit where frankly there is hardly any.
I really do like how positive he is. Mumble rap might make me wanna rip my ears off my head but I should just chill and take a breath. The best thing about fads is they never last. Well, all the face tattoos sure will 😏
Yes
Well, It looks like the definition of "rock" has changed drastically.
I mean most of it here is soft rock or indie rock 🤷♀️
..yup. I look for some direction from the young 'uns, but I can't see the salvation of rock happening anytime soon. That's ok, I have decades of music to draw from..
@@icedragon9097 to me it sounds more like pop rock/pop punk rock
Rock has always been a pretty diverse genre. There’s nothing in this list that doesn’t sound similar to popular rock songs of the past.
Sound in rock changes every decade
Mr Beato knows more music than all those 10 bands together..His kindness and patience is remarkable and always admire how he approach every song as a fan-listener. I dont have that patience!!
It's passion, not patience. Sometimes even a young child can offer insight that changes your perspective significantly. It's best to keep an open mind if possible.
It sure as hell ain't possible for me, LOL.
@@alext2566 Good point. Using your own self as a benchmark to improve and using other insights and good ideas (irrespective of who it comes from because your improvement is a function of the ideas you incorporate) give you the fodder to improve. The first person to then be thankful to is yourself - for taking the steps to raise your own bar. ^-^
He is too kind.
weezer
You don't need Spotify you just need Rick in your room jamming.
Fully agree, drop Poopify, just keep Rick.
I realize Travis Barker was playing on some of these songs but it’s amazing how many seem to just be rewritten Blink songs
Seriously. Had the same thought.
Pop Punk is in a sad place right now. Well the actual stuff people seem to be listening to anyways. unfortunate because there is heaps of decent pop punk around right now, it's just not charting.
Yes!
I'm sitting here like, grunge lasted maybe 15 years, alt rock about the same with some overlap. Pop punk has been dominating going on 30 years. Borrowing from outside influences here and there from band to band. But mostly it's the same slush that's been around forever.
No wonder all the zoomers I know who are into rock mostly only listen to stuff that was made 30+ years ago.
This. Why hire Travis Barker to play something that sounds like the drums were just programmed samples? His style and personality are nowhere to be found on that Sveco track.
@@Diatonic5th Yeah I think Travis just enjoys playing music regardless and most bands that have an inkling of substance already have a drummer so they aren't going to be asking Travis to feature.
I swear these videos are just practice exercises for Rick to see how quickly he can predict where every song is going.
And still it's the most entertaining and instructive thing I could find on CZcams!!
It's not hard
@@greencase ok
his facial and eyebrow expression when he nail the prediction.. LOL especially at 3:29-3:31.
I could listen to Rick talk about music for hours. I always learn something new when I watch his videos! I love how he approaches these songs with an open mind and finds things to appreciate.
* song plays for 3 seconds *
Rick: Okay, I got this
Rick is a beast but lets be fair: not real heavy players here
"This is really fast..." Three seconds later. "Okay got it" 👑 🎸
I'm glad Rick listens to these songs so I don't have to.
Hahahhahahaha 😂
I second that. The singers voice makes my stomach hurt.
I agree on every song except for that Royal Blood song. Really enjoying that album now.
I mean, by watching this video you have listened to them
lmao! totally that first song was puke-worthy. Theres good soundgarden docs on youtube!
Royal Blood is really interesting to me. Great album. Great riffs.
Great live too!! I've seen them twice and again next month.
Love this channel. Started learning guitar over the past year. And I’m old. So it’s hard to stay motivated. But I wanted to learn so I could play pop songs I like. Watching this makes me want to do it.
Just love the way you deconstruct songs and are able to comment not only on chord progressions but vocals (yes, I hate autotune as well), different instruments and overall production. Rick, I recommend your channel to everyone who is interested in learning music. Thank you.
Songwriting goals - to create something so brilliant and sophisticated that Rick can't instantly figure out how to play it!
That's a high high bar you put on yourself. Good luck!
I think he can pick out the chords of any jazz song in a few minutes no matter how difficult, but at least that wouldn't be instantly!
Dream Theatre
Actually, you want to create something that he will INSTANTLY want to play along to! The best songs are the ones that have you reaching for your guitar or running to the piano...
So many people think complexity equals brilliance when, in fact, the greatest rock songs are relatively simple.
@@tdsims1963 Entirely subjective, many of those so called "greatest rock songs" bore me to tears.
The good faith with which Rick approached these songs is outstanding.
love your stuff! these vids are in part how i keep up with whats going on in new music. i appreciate your perspective 🙏
I'd love these songs if I were 12.
I wanted to say 11, but this is close enough...
I don't fucking care how old I am, I still like some of those and I'm going to put them in my playlist right now :D
Really? I was into Zeppelin AC/DC Rush (but mainly Zeppelin!) when I was 12. This stuff is just awful.
@@beachcomber4141 I got to 14 and the Sabbath hit!
@@sallyschildcare LOVE!!!! I think I was 14 also when I got infatuated with Ozzy and Sabbath. Great minds bro
I hope there will be a "What makes this song great?" about Royal Blood.
If he does, I'd say Little Monster would be my pick.
YES 100% Rick we need the WMTSG for Royal Blood - they're a 2 piece making a killing off of huge riffs and great drums
Yes I'd love that! I haven't heard anything bad from them yet
I discover that band because of Rick, so that would be cool
@@muntificator "Figure It Out"!
I like how the “can you please move your Prius” line made rick laugh twice 😂😂
When Rick is nailing a riff and expecting a chord progression or drums to kick in and it doesn't but when it does the surprise look on his face is EPIC! Man I'm so glad I subscribed to this channel thanks to my Big Brother!
The Royal Blood swings well. Great riff, and that drummer is tight
Tight af
Too tight. The guy plays soooo well
What’s your opinion on Shinedown? I think they have some pretty solid stuff.
Love Rick's diplomacy when something isn't his cup of tea; always finds something to like. So many people seem quick to dismiss or trash things they don't immediately like.
Rick you always have so much fun!
Love watching you instantly figure songs out.
In addition to, obviously, how quickly you learn the songs, it's amazing how in-time you are with them. It frequently sounds like your guitar belongs on the track, rather than someone playing separately.
The most rock thing in this playlist is Rick's playing
For a 2 person band.. Royal Blood has soooo many layers to their production. Boilermaker is such a good song
The production on their latest album is INSANELY good.
Although, the drums switching sides in the middle of the album threw me for a loop.
Oblivion is the real beast on that album 💯💯🥵🥵
I think Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age produced it.
Produced by the one and only Josh Homme.
Love Royal Blood new album is great especially the song Oblivion. Where would rock be now without duos such as these guys, the White Stripes & the Black Keys.
Absolutely awesome ! Have the Beato book now.... like the complete guitar notes I was missing :)
Rick: *listens to A Hard Day's Night*
"Oh I know what that opening chord is..."
These are all pop songs with Rock elements. Every instrument have gone through lot of digitalisation. Sound doesn't reveal the player, but it reveals mixers and sound engineers fingerprint. Real rock music in my opinion it's more analogue. There should be feel of the studio in the sound, with cigarette smoke and whisky breath on the air.
Exactly, this is pop with some overdrive.
Man how can you listen to Escape The Fate and Pop Evil songs and say they are pop? Check out top pop songs, and tell me again this is the same.
It's kindof a sign of the times. We are living in an era where overlords are obsessed with controlling the process and leaving their fingerprint.
You all are forgetting genres evolve over time and borrow elements from new stuff that comes along. Okay some stuff might not be exactly like nirvana or ACDC, but that doesn't mean it is not rock.
Pop nowadays sounds nothing like this, maybe it did back in the days but not now.
@@jdavidmoreiraify this is so not rock. I can be ok if you say that this is pop with rock influences but this should not be define as rock
Love the series! I wish you'd check out like a more alternative or indie top 10 to get some more experimental bands like Squid or Black Midi in there.
Black Country, New Road as well!
The Mantis Opera!
I am so hyped for the new Black Midi album, the singles they released and the recent KEXP performance absolutely rip
love discovering new music I'll check them out
id love to see rick check out black midi or king gizzard
I’d be really excited to see you react to stuff that’s not immensely high on the charts (e.g. stuff from the new St. Vincent or Weather Station albums). I really appreciate your attention to detail and i’d love to see it applied to some other music (i do dig your pop chart videos though, those have been fun)
So many of these heavier songs start out pretty interesting and then just turn into some generic Skillet tune
You sir are extremely correct
The escape the fate especially had a strong opening sound, but turned into absolutely dogshit.
You know the old joke: The quality of Weezer's music is inversely proportional to Rivers Cuomo's self esteem. So if you want to hear better Weezer tunes, you have to try to make Rivers feel sad.
well the critics made rivers really sad after Pinkerton, and thus the green album was born, and thus the mediocrity of weezer began. they have had solid albums since of course, but nothing like the first two obviously.
@@steadyrhythms9571 i have a theory that having matt sharp in the band helped form the sound. His falsetto and bass licks are a big part of those first two
Edit: THIS IS WRONG. MATT SHARP DID NOTHING AND MY THEORY IS GARBAGE.
Somehow the White one they put out a few years ago is great. Not sure how it happened.
that and the one before that are great imo, not on the level of the first two but i found them very enjoyable
@@beej_tunes matt usually always played root notes and kept it pretty straight. rivers also taught him the falsettos, those were entirely his idea. matt sharp leaving didn’t make weezer suck for a couple years, it was just rivers consciously trying to make poppier and more accessible music. correlation doesn’t equal causation
Cool. 7 formulaic pop punk songs by Blink 182, one by Lilith someone, one interesting one from Royal Blood that has a Josh Homme sound and one where Weezer is doing Weezer.
Does Weezer even have more than the one instrumental track for which they just keep tacking on new lyrics?
The Lilith someone song actually stood out most of all of these
Josh Homme produced that track, that’s why it, well, sounds like Josh Homme
@@darkphoenix2 agreed
@@Viper-dz2kw that explains it.
As long as it has drums I guess we can call it rock now
Not even real drums these music have mate
I love when Rick says "I think I got it" and then nails it.
So it is actually 3 times Travis Barker as artist/producer, two times John Feldman (Goldfinger) as producer and Weezer. So the 90s are coming back.
Explains why a lot of the music,while well produced enough, does sound similar.
The Royal Blood track is killer. The riff, the shuffle, you can tell the boys have been hanging with Josh Homme.
It was about the only track I would have personally classed as rock on the whole playlist.. but then I am aware that i am getting old and do not understand the tik tok generation.
@@davidgomersall7185 trust me, I’m young and I agree with you. This playlist doesn’t reflect the actual bands pushing rock forward
@@EnderGaming50 Anyone you would recommend listening to in particular?
@@davidgomersall7185 bring the horizons recent album “POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR” is worth checking out (Ludens and 1x1 are my favorites). All Time Low’s “Wake Up, Sunshine” is a good new pop punk album
If you’re into heavier stuff, check out The Blade by SION (a duo made up of Jared dines and Howard from Kill Switch Engage)
@@EnderGaming50 thanks, will have a look
Gotta say Rick, your videos makes listening to music so much more... interesting, indepth and just straight up fun. I can listen to tunes I’ve heard a gazillion times before and when you highlight the small nuances out, it makes it a whole new song in my ears. A sincere thank you Rick! Keep on being awesome 🤘
Informative and interesting as always. Have started to watch these just to find new artists... Thank you!
I can't think of a single moment in popular music history where being unoriginal was embraced like this. I bet some of their hardest fans couldn't tell if they switched singers. The definition of "interchangeable".
Couldn't of said it better myself!!!
They should've saved that money they were spending on tattoos and invested it on a crash course in songwriting instead.
totally agree
Dam what a cool comment!
That's what I was thinking, but you said it MUCH better.
I appreciate when Rick starts smiling at the artistic choices made by the musicians, sound editors, etc. He really just turns into a big kid around new music, and it's so much fun to see ^_^
These are my fav youtube series! I know these must be tough to keep from getting struck, but we LOVE THEM!
For many of these it’s like listening to Owl City over and over again
dont do that to owl city
Owl City is a great artist... Dont do him bad
These dudes all sound like they played in a church band and then discovered power chords and autotune.
@@howdytherepardner318 I like the drop tuning in invincible tho you don’t see that a lot in modern pop rock
I imagine a band playing and their guitar player passes out. The band asks if there are any guitarists in the audience that can play their set. Up comes Rick, and says “I can, give me 5 mins to listen to your Spotify playlist”. Show resumes.
That would be the coolest video to actually do it. Find a new band that shows up on the Spotify rock list and have them show up to his studio. The video shows him listen to 5 songs and then they play. After you hear the real guitarist and compare them.
He wouldn't even need 5 minutes
He would also have the isolated tracks to at least 4 songs of theirs before even hearing them play.
"I was just in Hollywood last week and Hollywood's pretty cool." Rick seems like a chill dude who appreciates the good in things haha
🚨 *Okay hear me out. I love this series so much. I know a lot of musicians and writers follow Rick so it’d be sooo awesome if he did an episode just like this but with him listening to song submissions from his subscribers. We’ve all learned so much from him so hopefully he’d be proud to hear our music reflecting his tips haha.*
Ditto
Listen to your fans @rick beato
Hire him...whatever the price it would be more than worth it!
@@johntebbetts7876 lol. It doesn’t work like that. He’s not some bouncy castle you rent from the used car dealership/party supply.
It never gets old watching Rick figure out songs in two minutes and love every second of it. Nice work buddy.
waiting for the "what makes this song great" about nickelback's "how you remind me"
You'll be waiting a while, I hope.
But that song isn't great, making the video an impossibility. :-)
waiting for the "what makes this mashup cursed"
Hope thats not happening. Like...never
@@bernardoconnor5512 Considering what passes for rock music today, that song by Nickleback is pretty great.
What surprises me in the current Rock This list is how a large amount of the songs actually sounds like metal. The massive production we are used to hearing in the metal genre is now very present in modern rock, alongside rap (and even trap) influences.
It makes the list very intersting to listen to, with various genres and codes coming together
There's been some really good metal over the past decade or two that's completely inaccessible to a lot of people because instead of singing you get vocalizations/growling/screaming, kinda out of nowhere. I know plenty of those songs have huge audiences but they don't do well in the mainstream. if the REST of the ideas metal has are migrating over to a more conventional singing style, we're in for something huge.
This reminds me a bit of how in the late 2000s/early 2010s North American pop music was suddenly like "HEY THIS EDM SHIT'S GREAT" and meanwhile all the EDM they're sampling/covering/etc came out in like 1996. Not trying to be a snob saying I liked it then first - genuinely just confused at how it was so overlooked and what the heck suddenly made it "cool".
@@evilspoons Yeah intersting parallel with EDM in mainstream pop. All it takes is some popular artists to bring new influences to mainstream genres, like the Black Eyed Peas did with EDM in the early 2010s.
As for metal sounding music and scream singing, it's quiet intersting and even funny to see musical codes usually pushed away by the mainstream public getting their way in mildly popular genres. Aggressive sounds are more accepted when diluted it would seem haha
Yeah I listen to modern rock and none of them except the Weezer one is something I would usually listen too. Rockin’ Vibes, Retro Pop or Southern Comfort are much better than Rock This. I have my own playlist called 21st century classic rock with non metal modern rock and new stuff by the classic artists (McCartney, The Who, etc...). My point is there’s a lot of great non metal modern rock artists. Rick just missed Greta Van Fleet (#11 on the list). Great rock bands now are GVF (I understand the hate but I like them), The Struts, Inhaler (Bono’s son fronts the band), Black Pumas, Michael Kiwanuka, The Black Keys, Young Gun Silver Fox, Kings of Leon, Hearty Har (Fogerty’s kids) and of course the soon to be rock and roll hall of famers Foo Fighters. I know it’s kinda weird but Miley Cyrus is in a rock phase - some of it isn’t bad. Those are just some artists I like that aren’t metal.
Most of those songs don`t even sound remotely close to metal.
@@erlandaspetkevicius7701 I was speaking production-wise mostly. The few songs I'm talking about are indeed not composed as metal songs, but the productions are built as such
Subbed. The merciful, relentless positivity (or "devil ya know" pragmatism) is pretty refreshing. Love the attitude. God bless.
CR
I'm glad you do these, cause I'd never heard of Lilith Czar either, but I really liked that song. Same happened for your pop chart that had blinding lights in it.
I'm 34 and this music makes me feel 74.
I’m 20 and I feel 40
Am I the only one (aside from Rick, apparently) who is somewhat pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of these songs? Don't get me wrong, I'm not blown away, but as someone who stopped keeping up with the charts and the brand new releases (except for the biggest ones) about 10 years ago, I expected to hate most of it.
#10 (Amnesia) and #8 (Escape the Fate) sounded pretty dope, the Lilith Czar song sounds really cool and makes me wanna check her stuff out, the Royal Blood song has their trademark solid sound yet with enough of a new spin on it to make it fresh. Yeah, there are some very insta-forgettable songs in there, or songs that are actively unpleasant to listen to, but that was already the case when I was young. It's not like every new release was an instant banger.
And in so far I found the new music of then more impressive, it's also possibly because I'm older and I've heard more stuff, so things just seemed more original back then than they perhaps were. If I had been raised on a hefty diet of Chuck Berry and blues rock in general, I might have not been as impressed by Led Zeppelin or other celebrated artists who were heavily inspired by blues rock, sometimes to the point of ripping it off. Instead, I was blown away by their riffs and their energy.
It seems like at some point you're stuck between "oh, I've heard this all before" when the song sticks to the tried-and-true genre tropes, but as soon as it strays too far of your idea of what rock is "supposed to be" (like the trap beats) it becomes "pandering trash" and "no longer rock". And I'm not gonna say most of these trap beat rock songs aren't generic bandwagon stuff, but that is also not new - in the 80s, all the rock bands jumped on the bandwagon of drum machines and synthesizers, and people were whining about it as well. And then when you listen to some of the stuff later, you get over that knee-jerk rejection of synths and drum machines as "not proper rock", and you start to recognize that some of those songs actually implemented that stuff extremely well. In the same way, I'm sure it's possible to make a good rock song that makes use of a trap beat, although many attempts fail.
Everyone is of course entitled to find this stuff genuinely appalling. But I've found that music is tied very much to the social aspect of life. Some of the reasons we aren't connecting with these artists is because a) we don't know who they are b) we don't need them, as we have are own back catalogue of stuff we already like and are familiar with c) there is so much stuff out there and so many niches that it almost makes music inherently more disposable d) we don't know people who are passionate about these new artists and are able to infect us with that enthusiasm.
I've found that when you go into music listening (of artists and songs you don't know) with a "go on, impress me" attitude, it often leaves you feeling disappointed and empty. My best music discoveries have been when I've randomly discovered a new song either through hearing it randomly in a TV show, movie, game, in the mall, on the radio etc., or through going to a concert where the whole context is about taking in the music and experiencing it with 100% attention, or through friends who are passionate about that artist or song. In a way, it's a bit like romance - dating apps just aren't as conducive to connecting with people as encountering them in real life.
That's why I like watching these videos by Rick, because while he seems at first glance to be a Boomer with Boomer preferences (which I share as an older Millennial who used to prefer to hang out with the adults rather than his fellow kids), he's also openminded and has a constructive mindset. Which IMO, is a way of approaching music that is less prone to leading to cynicism and burnout.
Is it because a lot of this music sounds pretty teenage angsty?
couldn't say better
@@inghell It is exactly that. I'm much younger than him (early twenties) but still I get that were I younger I would probably like this much more. It's not horrible but most of the songs sound very samey.
The state of rock music at the moment, trap beats, auto tune, too produced. Basically pop music with loud guitars in the choruses
True.
@@charizardmaster13 really some canned over produced vocals with midschool lyrics are sending emotions? Bumping the beat to fit the grid when humans actually prefer natural beats because they cause audio fractals due to small inconsistencies is soulful? Maybe you need to listen to actual music and not just garbage you're forcefed.
That's why I'm recording an EP with my band with the mastering like the 90s-00s (not self promo, sorry)
Trap beats within rock music is a big no no. Come on their are some amazing drummers out there who can play better than this crap
@@charizardmaster13 I think it sounds really boring and I'm missing some kinda life in those songs. I like AC/DC, old Scorpions, Airbourne, Metallica( first 4-5 Albums and some single songs), Slayer, Kreator, Sodom, Gary Moore, Death, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Genesis, Heaven Shall Burn, Machine Head, Fleetwood Mac, Anthrax, Van Halen, Motörhead, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Desaster, Darkthrone, Mayhem,Rush, Frank Zappa, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and many more artists that give me some kinda feeling I don't get from those Top 10 artists. I get a certain rush and feel much more pumped when I listen to those other artists. Can't really explain that but yeah...😅
I just feel a much stronger emotional connection to those other artists and that since the first listen.
I was on the fence with your vids but now I'm a fan. I dunno why I just found you hilarious in this.
No matter what you cover, whether my ears like it or not, I still learn something. I wish I could go to my drum warehouse out back and grab a kit like you do guitars and basses! Thanks.
A handful of the songs are very similar in vocals and singing style. Sound like they came of the same production line
exactlyy
bc they came, a lot of them was produced by Travis Barker
These type of vocals suck, they sound like autotuned heroin addicts.
aka Billie Eilish "Bad Guy" - Can't stand that horrible voice, got more than 1 million dislikes so there is some hope for humanity.
They did.
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@@gerardcote8391 I'm pretty sure it got many more likes, but I need to check.
u can tell josh homme had a massive part in that royal blood tune
Rick, thank you for these Spotify vids. I thought I had given up on new music in the early 2000s. I was raised on 70s-80s rock. My jaded self got bored with all the over produced 20 writer tunes. These vids showcase some sounds and songs that give me hope for the future of rock. PS: The last band you played had a really nice sound, notes of Blink 182 mixed with a bit of Goo Goo Dolls.
I can imagine the recording engineers on these tracks. "Let's speed this up a little. Rick Beato can still keep up with it."
My uni guitar professor told me to check out your videos and im really digging them! Cheers rick from Puerto Rico.
Is it just me, or do all these songs become 100% more listenable when Rick plays along...
it's you
yes they are - sound more real (cause it is) instead of overproduced/squeeze/compressed/elongated/fuzzed - whatever they do in the studio - to make it sound it like everything else.
It's because a lot of these modern rock bands are WAY overproduced. So Rick adding an actual real sounding electric guitar over top makes it sound more... authentic? real? good? One of those lol.
AGREE!!! Rick: "Sounds like he's bouncing off the E string," then one second later nails it.....If these bands only had half the WOW factor Rick has......
No. I can’t listen to any of them. Nothing strikes me as new or interesting.
I liked most of them. Thanks for having some newer music on your channel! I like old music too, but it's fun to listen to something different rather than the same stuff over and over.
Man keep you the great content, but would like too see you do a top ten country songs and hear your opinions on them
...just subscribed over the weekend and can't stop watching. I stopped playing guitar some 30 years ago, but Rick made me pick it up again. If you see this, Rick, you are a small 'g' - god! Keep doin' what you're doin', man!
I love that Rick still has a child like passion and enthusiasm for music, it's awesome.
You know, I love your videos, because even when I disagree on something (not this video specifically) I still love listening to you. What a great personality.
I love how your guitar switch for #7 matched one of the main colors of the album cover.
"That's very fast... off the open E string, lets see if i can do that" *proceeds to play it flawlessly on the first try in 3 seconds*
hahah funny, I was having trouble just listening to it and like you say in 3 seconds he is playing it.....amazing:)
You know the compression of modern music is high when the songs continuously startle Rick
Just out of curiosity, what exactly do you mean by this? Like what is compression and why would high compression startle someone?
@@reidedlund7132 compression is basically making the silent parts of a song louder so that the volume is more equally distributed
@@reidedlund7132 compression is just to reduce the dynamic range so the loud parts are quieter and then the whole thing is turned up to make the whole mixer louder on average
@@reidedlund7132 Over compressed sounds are usually super transient parodies of the original sound. Transience is the initial part of a sound, so like the second you play a guitar string or hit a drum. If a sound has lots of compression the transience will become extremely over accentuated so every sound has a HUGE hit and sounds super plucky, so it can be really startling and hit WAY too hard, especially if a song has a dramatic shift in volume.
Nice to know I can just keep listening to TooL and I haven't missed a thing in Rock!! Did see Royal Blood open for QOTSA they were good!!
I think it's so wild how you can play along with these songs while just hearing them for the first time! Amazing lol!
Why do you think the metal songs don't have the same big production sound, Rick?
I laughed out loud when I realized Hollywood Sucks has the same chord progression as Blink 182's Dammit, just one step higher.
So So so many songs use that chord progression both before and after dammit
Dammit uses a I V vi IV progression. Thousands and thousands of songs use that progression
Almost half these songs on the list sound like Blink 182. A few others sound like nu-metal. Is modern pop-rock still stuck in the late 90's/early 2000's?
With M&M's as the start riff.
The Royal Blood song is killer, the Weezer and Lilith Czar songs are pretty good, and the rest I'd be fine if I never heard again. Rick is always awesome, though.
Out of all of them, the Royal Blood made me sit up and go, "Okay....".
Agreed
You never cease to amaze me with your endless knowledge and wünderbar taste, Rick. This is my favorite music channel.
Es heisst wunderbar.
Love these. So happy with it pops up on my feed.