Views : 1,482,958
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Oct 10, 2022 ^^
Rating : 4.921 (676/33,357 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-21T13:24:39.815331Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
(It was "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria you were thinking about)
Somebody pointed out brilliantly in another comment section something that took their creative expression and planning with this video to another place. They pointed out how when the video starts, we see each member of Polyphia sitting in that black throne, wearing brighter clothes and being the center of the shot. As they progress, each person sits in the throne and the scene changes or the "floor" of the building goes up another level. This goes on until finally we are on the roof or the pinnacle (both of the building, but also the guitar as an instrument and as levels of talent and respect), and here we now see Steve Vai sitting in that throne, all the gentlemen are in flat black outfits and lumped together standing off as loyal supporting subjects of their King. The Top Floor, The Pinnacle. The whole thing is almost an homage to Vai.
(They pointed out some of this, I added some things like noticing the clothes change, but it's an amazing theory none the less)
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The more i listen to Vai's part the more i appreciate it. The first time i listened, i was waiting for him to unleash a crazy flurry of fingers to shred with the polyphia guys. Instead i was a bit disappointed by his part. But after listening to it again, i realized how beautifully melodic and restrained it was yet still extremely technical in a style that is unlike polyphia. And the "joint shifting" technique with his bends... so cool
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Polyphia is amazing because they took a genre that was difficult to digest for 99% of listeners and made it simple enough to follow for the masses but still egregiously difficult to play on guitar at the same time. I love how they'll literally HAND YOU the root notes and then follow it with something insane. The formula for them is very obvious root chord followed by ridiculous lick(s) then back to the next root chord and follow that up with another ridiculous lick or two - lather, rinse, repeat. Sounds amazing, not too difficult for untrained ears to enjoy and still incredibly impressive to the trained musicians as well.
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@colbyduncan5174
1 year ago
Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria is the song you were thinking of, killer analysis Mike!
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