A Song That Actually Uses Locrian

I take a look at Björk, The Strokes and Metallica to see how much, if at all, they use the infamous Locrian mode. Thank you to Jacob Borg for inspiring this video.

Edit: 1:46 I point to Ab when I meant to point at Gb! Sorry 🎼

[Someniatko]

So, I decided to turn on automatic subtitles.

0:04 Locrian
0:13 latverian
0:30 la Creon
0:38 Lockean
0:56 la crème
1:48 la Korean
2:36 lockrey
2:44 La prions
2:48 lock Crean
3:11 la pre
3:18 Lachlan's
3:39 lot Korean
4:31 la Crean
5:34 LA Korean
5:55 La Koreans
6:04 solo Korean
6:10 LOC Korean
6:14 lottery
6:18 fellow Korean
7:40 long Korean (long Korean mode is a very rare beast)

[thickerthanabowlofoatmeal]

Locrian is just like an unfinished sneeze

[cmjcjktn]

I always knew Bjork was Locrian. No way she's human. She has to be from the planet Locria.

[thefrostyslime]

BRO. I used Army of Me as an example of Locrian mode in pop music when I took AP music theory in high school, and it was MARKED AS INCORRECT. I should have taught the class myself lol.

[anorangewithacapybaraunder]

YouTube thought I was smart enough to know wtf Locrian is

[jeffreybensinger]

It's satisfying to see the notes being highlighted as they're being played.

[hermask]

I think Björk is a person who isn't in the slightest afraid of dissonance.

[TenThumbsProductions]

Great video, and of course Björk would be on this list.

[incoglido]

25 years after the release of "Army of Me" and i still doesn't sound dated.

[Prometheus-]

Am I only one impressed at the sheer authority with which this young man speaks about music? I'm blown away. Keep up the good work my friend.

[stephaniebaker]

Bjork is so innovative and her songwriting is so unusual and unique that this use of a relatively rare sound doesn't surprise me at all. She is just INCREDIBLE and her voice is so gorgeous and most definitely one-of-a-kind. 🎵💜

[celticsuave]

Björk's songs are in a whole different level. Absolute genius.

[jtrindle]

Glad I stumbled across this video. I'm musically illiterate but my daughter is an oboist who excels in music theory - thanks for the brief and understandable glimpse of her world.

[Horus]

Dunno what a locrian is, but Björk is on the thumbnail, so I click it.

[ghrs_music]

For anyone who can't get enough Army of Me, it's worth listening to the cover and remixes album, with 20 versions of the song in different styles ranging from metal to bossa nova to Swedish bitpop. It's a testament to how good the original song is that it works in so many styles.

[sayachiem]

me : *don’t play any instruments*
youtube: LoCriAn?
me: *clicks*

[FlamingZelda]

"I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast - without any MILK" - Locrian Mode (Probably)

[DiscreetHobo]

Now we have "Gliese 710" from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in Locrian. Its an 8 minute long Jazz / Jam song. as part of an album that has a song in all 7 Greek Modes.
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.

Its a fantastic album and well worth a listen

[darrellpidgeon]

Army of Me is a great song. First heard it in the movie "Sucker Punch". It fit in so well with the story.

[agtronic]

This is one of Bjork's best tracks. When I first heard this in 1997 I went nuts. The contrast of the dark, mechanical bass line and the slow melody line always got me. Every time I hear this it invokes images of someone lying in bed in perfect peace while floating away in a raging sea.