What Makes This Song Great? 'Heart Shaped Box' NIRVANA

In this episode we explore the music of Nirvana.


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[cmorrow]

Kurt wasn't musically trained, and probably didn't know much about theory. The fact that he was naturally so in tune with those concepts just shows how much of a musical genius he was.

[clintonjosephcAMIELj]

Finally some love shown to Krist Novoselic.

[MeganChic]

I don’t understand 90% of what the hell you’re talking about but I love this video

[robertgraybill]

This it what a human looks like when they love music.

[infesticon]

The biggest thing you can learn from Kurt is to trust your ears and insticts and what sounds good.

[newname]

Hey! Wait! What makes this song so great? I am forever in debt to Rick's priceless advice!

[RadioMartyTB]

Kurt's music was completely authentic in emotion. You can't fake that.

[StevenWallace]

"Kurt Cobain doesn't get the credit he deserves as a soloist."
The guy was a songwriting genius.
He knew the importance of melody over cramming 20 notes where they don't belong, just to show off.
30 years later, still the last great rock star.

[GetOutsideYourself]

What makes these videos so cool is that there's somebody who loves music as much as I do, gets as pumped up about it, but that understands it so much better and can explain just why these songs are so great, which makes us enjoy them that much more. Thanks, bro!

[drdead]

The bass in the Heart Shaped... chorus just kills. I never noticed that bit.

[keithclifton]

“She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak.” What a brilliant line. RIP Kurt. One of my favorite Nirvana tracks from my favorite album of theirs.

[ViktorSarge]

I used to study music theory when Nirvana was at it's height and as a fan it makes me incredibly happy to see their songs analyzed and not just finding powerchords all over the place. Completing the chords in the vocal melody is genius - lets you turn the distorsion up to 11 without things gettings to muddy while still doing proper harmonies.

[pandemic]

“Kurt Cobain is overrated. Anyone can do what he did...”

24 years later not anyone has even come close.

[omgnoob]

Here's a true story, if anyone cares to hear it:
When I was a kid, I remember playing Guitar hero on my old dad's phone. I had no experience with music before and I played the game simply to entertain myself. I was never interested in any instrument back then. In the game, there was just music, without the vocals. However, one specific song caught my attention. I just fell in love with the melody, it was my favorite song to play. I then stopped playing and never actually found out what is the original song's name. Years later (by this point I got into rock) I find this band ''Nirvana'' and their song ''Smells like teen spirit''. I give it a listen and I like it a lot so I think to myself ''I should check some more Nirvana stuff'' so I hear stuff like Lithium, Polly... all of which are amazing... and then, I click on the ''Heart-Shaped Box'' and I shiver. The moment I heard the first note I knew exactly what song that was, it was my favorite song on Guitar Hero. The song that I liked the best. So I found it by a complete accident, but I memorized every single note. I felt like it was destined for me to love this band. I will never forget the impact Nirvana had on me, I started to take interest in music and even made my parents buy me a guitar for my birthday, although they were against it, saying that I was too old. (it was my 17th birthday). And now, 3 years later, I will soon have my first gig. Thank you Kurt Cobain, I will forever love you, because you've changed my life! There, I know nobody probably cares but I felt the need to say this. Love your video and explanation Rick !

[georgesid]

Rick Beato is an absolute genius! His musical knowledge astounds me. He must be very patient and passionate about music to be able to dissect so many great songs in such an analytical way. I wish I had his level of talent.

[jeffmcglashan]

This explains something I've always suspected about Kurt Cobain's composition. It always feels to me like the vocal part is in this dynamic tension with the guitar part, trading forward propulsion and despair. One part suggesting hope while the other lies over it like a dark cloud, or the voice rising from the depths of the chord with the third clutched between his teeth.

[vgarc]

I didnt want this one to end. Great job. You could seriously just do videos on each Nirvana album.
And to think, people thought this was just a 3 chord simple band.

[jtlemay]

Krist knew exactly what he was doing. Total beast

[AvianSavara]

Musicians in a power trio have to wear a lot of different hats if they're going to sound like more than 3 players. Nirvana was absolutely brilliant at this. They had incredible dynamics together.

[jasonking]

I never knew what the hell he was singing about, all I knew was that the sounds coming out of my cheap headphones was the greatest thing I had ever heard in my life.