Flintstones - Jacob Collier

A traditional bunch of seven Jacob Colliers join forces to perform their GRAMMY-winning arrangement of a truly classic theme song; the second of four singles from my debut album, 'In My Room'.

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[GladrianRafindel]

Jacob Collier: Possibly the only guy who could win a Grammy singing the Flintstones theme song. Much impressed

[kanyeguisada]

So this actually just won the Grammy for "Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals". Congrats, dude!

[blazejecar]

"daddy can you sing me a lullaby?"
Jacob: "sure thing son" *shadow clone jutsu x10*

[connorcampbell]

At this rate, Jacob will soon be so musically skilled that he will become a logical impossibility and cease to exist.

[brunopinheiro]

Anyone has noticed that his hairstyle is according the octave he's singing? The spiky hair is the higher melodies and the bass line (low melodies) is the hair down.
p.s: I don't know if the English is correct, I'm from Brasil.
p.s. 2: Jacob is amaaaazing

[jonglassmusic]

Discovering Jacob is like seeing a new colour.

[michaelray]

I'm a full time professional musician. This dude makes me question my entire life. I mean that in the best way possible. This is amazing, thank you Jacob

[fidrewe]

2:58 I like how he also shows us visually what he is doing there.

[DaNikschl]

I am kinda scared by the fact that not one of those videos had a cut ever. He literally had the whole thing planned through to perfection.

[PixelSubstream]

"Professor! He's harmonizing with himself again!"

[orqsilva]

This guy is a genius. I don't how anyone could dislike this. He is definitely advancing jazz harmony into its next phase, hence advancing jazz. A direct descendant of Bud Powell, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans and Gil Evans. He is only about 24 so look for some great compositions to come out of him. A revolutionary force in music from the north of England I think. Who would have thought.

[yakshrajsingh]

This shows the importance of harmony in music not only in jazz but across all genres. MASTERPIECE.

[JBDazen]

What beats me is how this guy isn't constantly bored with the slowness of all the regular people in the world.

[PostIronicState]

The first time I heard this was on the radio at about 2am. I honestly thought I had died during the car journey and that this was the universe's way of letting me know.

[kuyperholland]

“Whats the wifi password”
“Its on the back of the router”
the back of the router: 0:47

[natosio]

As a musician—albeit on a much more limited scale in comparison—my life has now been split into two parts: BJC (Before Jacob Collier), and SDJC (Since Discovering Jacob Collier). What a keen pleasure to hear music so infectiously inventive—Cheers!

[SeanAsheOfficial]

Laughed out loud at 00:47 Just plain madness! :D

[bonnieforman]

WTF! Is this guy real? This is probably one of the most amazing human beings on this planet. I am just discovering the talent of Jacob Collier.

[Trumpophone]

What the hell
3/4, 2/4, 3/4, 5/8
Apparently alternating between 2 key signatures is not enough for the Collier

[davidholzmuller]

Whoa. Here's my analysis:
- 0:00 - 0:41: Rhythm is 8/4 = 10 * 3/16 + 2/16, starting on the second sixteenth in the first measure (and hitting the first sixteenth in the second measure).
- 0:25 - 0:29: The melody is transposed a half-tone upwards.
- 0:46 - 0:48: ...
- 0:55 - 1:01: The base is 5 over 4, then 6 over 4, then 7 over 4, then 0 over 4 ;)
- 1:06 - 1:10: The metre changes from 4/4 to 7/8.
- 1:07: The melody transposes by a whole tone upwards.
- 1:10 - 1:21: The metre alternates between 4/4 and 7/8.
- 1:30 - 1:33: Shifted patterns in 7.
- 1:51, 1:58: Syncopated 3/4-patterns.
- 2:04 - 2:10: Repeated 3/16-patterns.
- 2:18 - 2:21: 2 over 3.
- 2:23: The melody is now in E major instead of Eb major.
- 2:43: Rhythm gets slower by a factor of 4/5?
- 3:02: A IV in the bass, just like in "Crazy She Calls Me". The notes are probably D, A, F#, B, E, G#. And there is the most grinning face I've seen in a while :)

Jacob, if (as you said) there is something like "too many ideas" and it is like this, I would love to hear it!