What Makes This Song Great? “Kiss From A Rose” SEAL

In this episode of "What Makes This Song Great?" we explore the music of Seal. The song is "Kiss from a Rose" off Seal's 1994 self-titled release Seal II.
Seal Photo by: Valerie Macon
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[MichaelSchuerig]

I think Rick's secret mission is to shame contemporary songwriters into writing more interesting music.

[pantonec]

Rick: "I'm gonna call Seal and ask him."

Me: 😳😮😲

[kenb]

Rick: "The modal interchange between Gmaj and Gmin tonic is incredible"
Seal: "Dude, I couldnt even play an instrument and did it in an afternoon."

[TheArchitect]

"I'm gonna call seal and ask him". Just an all time flex.

[ronkuhlmeier]

Seal - what a humble soul. "I was just trying to figure out my new Tascam..."

[Alleycat]

Two ways you know you made it as an artist.
1) Rick Beato does an analysis of your song.
2) Weird Al does a parody of your song.

[wijny]

Rick: "I'm gonna ask Seal myself"

Me: "Haha good on... WAIT WHAT?"

[mariamartinusz]

"I didn't know I couldn't do that." 🤣
Seal was born to think outside the box. Loving it.

[FedeVicente]

Rick: "I'm gonna call Seal and ask him."

WHY NOT?

[james.randorff]

“I wonder how he came up with this idea… hang on, lemme go call Seal.”

That is some exceptional credibility Rick has built up over these past several years on YouTube (not to mention prior to YouTube) to be able to pull that out of the back pocket. Very cool!

[dustincameron]

"I'm going to call Seal!"
Man, that would be amazing.
*Actually calls Seal*
This is amazing!!!

[AnimeBullboy]

So what you're telling me is that Seal is a musical genius and created perfection in a couple of hours without trying hard.

[MoviesMusicAJ]

Rick: “Kiss from a Rose” is off Seal’s second record, Seal II.

Me, a ‘90s kid: Excuse me, don’t you mean the BATMAN FOREVER soundtrack?

[bruresende]

So basically Seal made this master piece because no one told him he "couldn't" do this or that... This is freaking powerful... And I love this song even more now!

[ryana]

This series is the best thing on YouTube. No question. Also, I want a shirt that says “I’m gonna call Seal and ask him”.

[SgtPotato]

THANK YOU!! I've been screaming for years, this is one of the greatest songs of our generation. The balls to just open a chorus belting out, "BABAAAAY!" And then everything else, obviously. Fuck, that's good.

[vinnytube]

"What makes this song great?"

A: When it's hard to finish the Beato video because you really want to just go listen to the song.

[OmarFW]

Seal is a grammy award winning artist and I still think he's underrated.

[aaronshows]

Nobody ever analyzes Seal's music, and I've always thought this song was a compositional masterpiece. Kudos, Rick, for unpacking this!

[shein]

I remember when I was 6, middle of winter driving through neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights with my dad and grandma and this song came on the radio. And for some reason it became a core memory and I’ll always hold this song in my heart