"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
I see mixed responses to an earlier comment in response to a YouTuber who took a lot of crap for talking crap from this video, and I just want to say that even though it was wrong for him to speak so harshly and condecendingly about the video, it was wrong of me to respond with equal degrees of the aforementioned descriptions. I was angry and made stuff up and exaggerated to make a pointless point against him. I apologize for my disrespect.
OMG... I can actually hear the piano!! I would think that the guitars and drums will have drowned out his playing..but it didn't! And they go so well together. Woot!!
And for those who are complaining about this not being anything like Rachmaninoff - look at the video description. I think the key phrase is "inspired by"? It's an arrangement! This is 2012 -are we not allowed to enjoy something that's hundreds of years old in a different, more modern way now??
Wow. As a composition major, I can appreciate the merging of these two genres. Its a given that all music builds off of each other, and its amazing to remember that all of the "popular" music we have today comes from composers like Rachmaninoff.
just a couple of rachmaninoff pieces,,,, not full length..... So i liked the playing, but the name is a bit misplaced... Rachmaninoff is a whole different class of playing,, far more unique for me that is.
everytime i watch something beautiful .. i find two guys arguing about stupid things and distracting people who wanna listen because we read what you wrote so please if you have an opinion that could distract us .. keep it to yourself
@gnawy113 +1 -- I really do get tired of this kind of elitist, pointless argument - this attitude is something all musicians of the classical world are tarred with the same brush with by society. Please, just get over yourselves and enjoy the music. It's some of the best on Youtube and has had me come back to it time and time again.
i do not officially know anything about music as i am limited to learning any music because of certaim mental disabilities but i can also say that i have a IQ of 203 and i can apreciate a good musician when i see one. so dont go making sweeping statements about people you dont know.
I can understand why some people would dislike this. We're currently at 76. About half of them probably didn't appreciate this interpretation and I completely understand; the other half were just jealous of this man's extreme talent. I know I am. Basically, it comes down to the capability of taking something written a long time ago and making something completely new out of it without destroying what you used. I think he accomplished that with this arrangement.
@nctan268 I think you rather have his skill than his hands. He's been trained to do this both physicly and mentally, just having his hand won't help you that much.
I dont know nothing about music and i was searching for car ECU Efi injection systems but hey i hold one for a second and listen this pice of heave like 7 times... Everithing is on its own place in this melody like you know it will be there "Et voila" you actualy found it there, the rhythm... I know you feel me even if i dont speak well! Congrats!
Jaw, Meet floor... Floor, Meet jaw. I'm not getting involved in these chaotic arguments. However, haters, retching your course of action. It's wreaking havoc within the usua
@shretsvis No one in the popular musical community has enough knowledge to recreate Prokofiev's Piano Sonata's. I could never see a pop version of Prokofiev's 7th piano sonata.. ever, lol.
Hi everyone. I'm a 14 year old pianist that has a huge dream. I would like to be a YouTube sensation one day. I really enjoy playing the piano. To tell the truth, piano calms me down whenever I have a tough day. I hope everyone would tell the calmness I feel when I press each individual note. Please visit my channel and my videos, and like this comment so more people have the chance to view my piano covers. Thank you all very much!
@Ptro001 I don't think they should be bastardizing classical works with rock music - at all. Classical music and rock music are both awesome but are apples and oranges. Pachelbel's Canon is about the most complex classical piece that I would agree works amiably in the rock style. The majority of the classics aren't so simple and straightforward as the Canon in D is. To associate Rachmaninoff with this work of music does nothing else but destroy his reputation as an avant-garde composer.
@fierydog but that is no reason to hate on this arrangement, i mean it sounds pretty cool if you ask me, and its a lot better than the pop crap you hear now, and its rather hard to do a whole Rachmaninoff arrangement on a piano and some guitars with limited percussion, im actually pretty amazed that Jon managed to modernize a Rachmaninoff piece in a week, i say kudos to him for that.Also, instead of looking at this as a crap on Rachmaninoff, why not look at it as a great pianist inspired by him?
@fierydog I understand you, and yet, i dont agree with you. Only because he added something of his own does not destroy but create. You can still listen to the way Rachmaninoff created it (i love it, btw!) and to this. I think, this isn't even a mix between Classic and Rock, more like Jazz and Rock. Try listening to Jacques Loussier and his Interpretations of Bach's Music. He creates something new and i think it is a legit way to do so.
@123Shankar123 I can respect Jacques Loussier, but this is too much for me! I think it is ok for us to disagree. So I guess what that means is that I am a musical purist.
a lot of hot air, but NOTHING underneath. trust me. rachmaninoff was very unimpressed somewhere up there. meanwhile you guys need to take few lessons from dirty loops. they will raise your level a few steps.
wow for some reason this song seems to be very controversial, personally I loved it. As for people disliking this talent, have you brought out multiple albums? no? Then I think you should have some respect. I don't like a lot of other peoples music but i respect them as artists and entertainers, filling a niche and rising to the demands of the public for the music they like.
My family and I have been going to Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concerts for the last 9 years, as a way to start off my holiday season. I would gladly give that up for a Piano guys Winter concert. ($75) a ticket.
@Nakall Soft smiles, From what I saw of the last West Coast TSO, I was rather disappointed this last year. Jon and Steven would have put some class back into the show. It was all Pyrotechnics this year, and minimal talent. JMO.....
@MuseDuCafe You're attempts to demean this piece through cheep insults and a supposedly "sophisticated" musical outlook are counter-productive and just discredit your opinion. I love classical music, and Rachmaninoff was definitely a master of his field, but just because this isn't his style doesn't make it "hollow nothing" or "innocuous pop crap." As stated in the title, it's rock, and the fact that you don't like the genre is no excuse for insulting it's fans and the people who created it.
@Rachmanfan4life If you don't like the style, that's fine; but the Piano Guy's music definitely isn't "void of any real depth or soul." Just because it doesn't make you want to cry doesn't mean it has no emotional value, and they have plenty of more thoughtful music if you bothered to look. Try "Bring Him Home" or "Moonlight", and please dont stereotype an artist just because they wrote a song in a genre you don't care for.
poor rockband (especially drummer...) =( playing their hearts out and then being totally mixed under the piano... sad face for the double base that i actually couldnt hear all too much
That's brilliant! Indeed, one of the best classic music cover I've ever heard. Usually modern arrangments sound poor when made to immortal masterpieces, but not THIS one. Many thanks from Russia, Pianoguys!
Read a few comments back I have a question... how comes (in general) when a piano player players fast they're considered "good" (talking 'bout general public) whereas guitar players are seen as "just playing fast"?
@plukerpluck Because playing fast does require a good deal of technical skill. Of course, this doesn't mean that they are good. It is just when someone who does not know or knows very little music hears the piano, the tempo is the only thing they can relate to. Why else would there be such little appreciation for 20th century composers among non-musicians?
Great idea but I do not like the production / arrangements of this song. Piano is overstated in comparison to other instruments. I would like to hear the version where all instruments are consistent with each other.
Oдлична идеја али ми се не свиђа продукција/аранжмани ове песме. Kлавир је пренаглашен у односу на друге инструменте. Волео бих да чујем верзију где су сви инструменти уједначени.
I will say this- I LOVE the concept behind this, and as usual Jon is amazing. But as people have been saying, I think the mix is indeed a little off. Not by a lot, since it IS a piano piece first and foremost. It just doesn't have the richness of all the sounds combined like you would expect to hear if you were there in person listening to them play. The levels just need a little fine tuning it seems.
Saw some comments here... Saw some especially negative ones. But that's okay. I respect each person's opinion. We all have different kinds of tastes. Just don't mask your point behind sophisticated diction in front of the general public. It just makes you look like an ass.
Personally, I like this. The piano may drown out the other instruments a bit, but the piano in this video is more like a center piece. The other instruments are basically support.
ThePianoGuys: Incredible Musical Arrangements, and inspiring meaningful playing. The perfect description for some of the most talented and expressive musicians of the modern age. kudos to both of you guys! cello and piano guy =]
To whom it may concern. I'm not putting another second into discussing popcorn and cotton candy. Get my comments deleted if they are so personally offensive or injurious to the ratings of this pop music. I am automatically dumping any return comments from my mailbox. Feel free to do the petty back-talk and hate-bashing behind my back - seems to be LOTS of that in comment threads on a lot of pop music, for some reason. Maybe its 'just that crowd' NAW, opera fans are 1000x worse!
@BoogleC You are so not right on that, lol. There is music other players and composers don't envy at all, because it is so contrary to their idea of good music. There are two kinds of music, good music and the other kind" ~ Duke Ellington. For me, here, this is the other kind. That's all. Find it hollow as a dead tree and about as exciting.
@MuseDuCafe Hollow as a dead tree? Did you come up with that while you were sipping a cappuccino in a cafe and musing on the idea that maybe you are the most tasteful art lover in the world? Look up "fun" in the dictionary sometime and do a little less "musing" perhaps.
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@jmchillz Welcome to YouTube Comments, where no disfavoring opinion is allowed without harsh correction, or... Welcome to Fascist PC Kindergarten ~ training generations to be wusses who line up and wait for very fussy $4 coffees, who prefer their light pop entertainment with a grafted on designer tag of 'Rachmaninoff' sewn on a piece with maybe eight notes of His, nothing else. Talk about snobbery! I prefer a straight-ahead and manly quad espresso, and I don't like my music 'fluffly, either.
@MuseDuCafe I agree with you. I'm surprised that people hear this and think it's difficult and amazing. How about they listen to real Rachmaninov, like his Sonata 2 or any of his Piano Concerti.
@Sword1479 It is because the majority of people commenting on this have no musical knowledge outside of maybe laboring what they think is 'hard', on a simple Jon Schmidt or Joplin work It makes me sad to see so much musical ignorance in todays society. I refuse to compromise to these neophytes and play this popular nonsense, no matter how little rewarding it is financially, I will strive to make everyone aware of the true classics and play Chopin, Feinberg, Rach-ov etc with great zeal
@fierydog neophyte? Get off your high horse and realize music is just taste and skill, not science to have knowledge about. What they do requires great skill, and though it might not fit your taste, it's certainly fits many. I listen to Bach/Mozart/Chopin regularly and still listen to this stuff.
@devdissent Perhaps your mind will change when you actually STUDY music. You think music is just 'taste' and 'skill' involving no knowledge? Knowledge is the beginning of understanding. You don't just 'listen' to Bach, Chopin, and Mozart etc. You analyze it with scrutiny, if your listening properly. Pop music isn't made to be listened to with any scrutiny. It is inherently simple and there is nothing wrong with that. This is nothing like Rachmaninoff and that is my gripe.
@fierydog dear, i studied music for 10 years, play the violin. And no, you listen to Bach, this isn't a physics textbook to analyze it in that sense (unless you want to play Bach which is a different thing). I know art is a medium to communicate and express, but that's secondary to its aesthetic quality. I agree pop music isn't comparable, but we're not talking about pop music , we're talking about the re-expression of pop music though a classical medium, something I think is pretty damn good.
@devdissent I can see what your saying sorry for assuming that you don't study music Anyone who truly enjoys music of any kind can just listen to Bach Chopin or whoever else and enjoy it because your right it does have aesthetic qualities that anyone can enjoy. I cannot accept this as pop music through a classical music though, this is strictly pop/rock. This is as similar to Rachmaninoff as James Horner's stolen motif from Rakhmaninovs 1st symphony is - even stolen- no similarity!
@devdissent I can see what your saying sorry for assuming that you don't study music Anyone who truly enjoys music of any kind can just listen to Bach Chopin or whoever else and enjoy it because your right it does have aesthetic qualities that anyone can enjoy. I cannot accept this as pop music through a classical music though, this is strictly pop/rock. This is as similar to Rachmaninoff as James Horner's stolen motif from Rakhmaninovs 1st symphony is - even stolen- no similarity!
@MuseDuCafe I dont know what you said, but if you insult thepianoguys... then you must be a bitch and have no taste in music and you are a bitch with some little logic so also a bitch with no place ditch people call you a dick because you bitch with thepainoguys ....did I mention you are a bitch?
@ultraicon You shouldn't give your prose / poetry away so freely in public. You've got more than the good beginnings of a rap lyric or pop song there. Smooch Smooch xox.
@MuseDuCafe ornamentation is a good thing to to any GOOD artist and they will agree and you can't say that it is not close to Rachmaninov as i have heard the piece and strongly disagree further more even if it wasn't Rachmaninov it is still awesome
@MuseDuCafe Wow. I don't even specifically target you and you jump in a bring me into this argument. You like the fight don't you? Only a petty person would continue the fight while hiding his superiority complex behind such arrogant speech.
Now... It seems that some of us have digressed from the main topic at hand: this video. I enjoyed Jon Schmidt's interpretation and love his work. It sounds absolutely beautiful.
My initial reaction upon seeing the title was "Oh no, how DARE you bastardize Rachmaninoff!" But then I thought to myself, "If A Clockwork Orange can auto tune Beethoven and do a stellar job, surely they can too." Upon seeing this video, I can say I was not disappointed in the slightest! Amazingly well done!
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Any reference to Rachmaninoff, in the title or with little snippets of musical quotes, does nothing to enhance, elevate or 'legitimize' this innocuous pop crap. What hollow nothing. And those who know nothing more worthwhile are completely impressed with a guy 'playing a lot of notes fast.' PATHETIC excuse for music, imho.
@MuseDuCafe you are a completely ignorant person who cant appreciate good music iv been playing piano for years and playing like he plays is hard as fuck id love to see you try to play anything like that
@angelmorenojfk You obviously haven't encountered any of the hosts of people who have been studying classical music from the age of six, went all the way through conservatory and beyond and became professional. I am just one of them. The guy his limited technique, and his playing is very 'stiff' and often sloppy by the most basic standards of classical painism. This guy is not bad, has real and audible technical limitations. its pop piano, and the music is very slight to less than good, imho.
@BoogleC No, YOU prove your side of the argument. Found it really impossible? No mater how much you love it and believe in it? That's because it is impossible, logically. Taste is Subjective, This is not for me - I would not 'be here' at all if some soul hadn't dropped it into Yahoo classical as 'classical' and a 'great spin' on Rachmaninoff, whom I also can't abide, BTW.
@MuseDuCafe It doesn't matter how long you play or how good you are, if you are incapable of enjoying music anything under the works of the very greatest musicians than I feel very sorry for you. Even if you have been playing since you were six I think it is sad that you will never play anything but great classics and therefore will never enjoy the piano to its full extent. To ThePianoGuys I must say thank you for putting out yet another amazing video.
Or perhaps instead of being impressed by "Playing alot of notes fast" we're impressed by the mans obvious talent at playing piano and the fact that the music is good and fun to listen to. and MAYBE we dont want to have to look at ignorance from snobbish, self-righteous, jaded bastards who have become so wrapped up their own ego-jerking world of musical sophistication that they fail to appreciate good music anymore. In my humble opinion of course.
@sergeantsarcasm123 Your opinion IS AS VALID AS MINE. A lot of people have trouble grasping that, but if you do, you will cease to get your knickers in a twist. The merits of either opinion, perhaps should be left to completely neutral third-party monitors, or something equally as ridiculous about something so profoundly unimportant as a bit of pop music or what a non-fan thinks of it.
@MuseDuCafe I would've left you be to you have your own opinion, had you not taken a cheap shot at anyone who likes this song by saying that we were impressed merely by "playing alot of notes fast" instead of, I dont know, Liking the fucking song.You attempted to discredit every persons opinion and it leaves you no room to talk about your opinion being trashed and hated on.
@MuseDuCafe I know a lot about music, and you apparently don't because I'm impressed at the way he goes up and down five octaves or so with little to no effort. Also, he switches from sixteenth notes to sixteenth triplets without breaking a sweat. This guy is making a ton of money doing stuff like this, and you just felt insulted that someone decided to write a new take on a song that the majority have stopped listening to. In the words of Willie Nelson, "Why don't you write your own song?".
Yeah @MuseDuCafe has been trolling these comments a bunch. It's funny how obvious he makes it that he feels he is (by default) communicating with lesser human beings. He's a pretentious snob with a strange obsession about the price of coffee.
Criticizing a creative experiment is like complaining that a sunrise didn't produce the exact shade of orange you were expecting. If you must comment, do it in a useful manner, not: "OMG my coffee can beat up your coffee!" lmao.
@MrDrumStikz Agreed, but he isn't actually making much money on this. They still have to work their day jobs because the transition from a "standard" career to music is hard to make financially.
@wjlasloThe2nd Actually, Jon Schmidt performed live and composed most of these songs before the Piano Guys made a YouTube Channel. Also, judging from the camera quality and the fact that I've seen a video where they used a helicopter to transport the piano to a mountain, these guys had a lot of money before they started the channel.
@MrDrumStikz Excellent! That guy was pi***** me off! He's just too jealous, and jealousy is the mother of all hate! I wish I had the musical knowledge required to quench this small person whoever they are!
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
- George Bernard Shaw
GreasemonkeyCGI 2 hours ago in playlist Favorite videos
I see mixed responses to an earlier comment in response to a YouTuber who took a lot of crap for talking crap from this video, and I just want to say that even though it was wrong for him to speak so harshly and condecendingly about the video, it was wrong of me to respond with equal degrees of the aforementioned descriptions. I was angry and made stuff up and exaggerated to make a pointless point against him. I apologize for my disrespect.
MrDrumStikz 17 hours ago
OMG... I can actually hear the piano!! I would think that the guitars and drums will have drowned out his playing..but it didn't! And they go so well together. Woot!!
joyceneoh 1 day ago
I'm a metal head and I find this to be better than most metal.
These two genres can clearly work together and make magic, and we need more music like this...
sethyboy0 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
Old Fred durst at the battery?
xxxJamesBond007xxx 3 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Excellent creative arrangement
Joeleeq 3 days ago
And for those who are complaining about this not being anything like Rachmaninoff - look at the video description. I think the key phrase is "inspired by"? It's an arrangement! This is 2012 -are we not allowed to enjoy something that's hundreds of years old in a different, more modern way now??
birdsofafeather1990 3 days ago
no me gusta, el sonido. la masterizacion
sebsatianupegui1 3 days ago
Humanity in its purest form. Music. :)
cRazYhYPerPenGuin 3 days ago
Wow. As a composition major, I can appreciate the merging of these two genres. Its a given that all music builds off of each other, and its amazing to remember that all of the "popular" music we have today comes from composers like Rachmaninoff.
VoicesOfEarth 3 days ago 11
Who dislike's this??? This is art...
Kiklopsen 3 days ago
just a couple of rachmaninoff pieces,,,, not full length..... So i liked the playing, but the name is a bit misplaced... Rachmaninoff is a whole different class of playing,, far more unique for me that is.
Goodwill300 4 days ago
everytime i watch something beautiful .. i find two guys arguing about stupid things and distracting people who wanna listen because we read what you wrote so please if you have an opinion that could distract us .. keep it to yourself
gnawy113 4 days ago
@gnawy113 +1 -- I really do get tired of this kind of elitist, pointless argument - this attitude is something all musicians of the classical world are tarred with the same brush with by society. Please, just get over yourselves and enjoy the music. It's some of the best on Youtube and has had me come back to it time and time again.
birdsofafeather1990 3 days ago
WORK WITH KYLE LANDRY!:D
able09christina 4 days ago
@fierydog
i do not officially know anything about music as i am limited to learning any music because of certaim mental disabilities but i can also say that i have a IQ of 203 and i can apreciate a good musician when i see one. so dont go making sweeping statements about people you dont know.
DarkBoonEspardo 5 days ago 17
@DarkBoonEspardo According to what tests?! For instance, Mensa tests only go up to 188...I could have an IQ of over 9000 on some idiotic tests.
Matooreeei 2 days ago in playlist Favorite videos 6
Quite extravagant, either way it wasn't chaotic and I liked it.
ppenellas 5 days ago
Amazing! Again you guys did such a great job. I really enjoy your music so much! thanks for sharing and for inspiring all of us with your talent!
Safiya0759 6 days ago in playlist All Videos
it's really like a game music...
accurrent11 6 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Turn the guitarist up!!
frazzledolph 6 days ago
I can understand why some people would dislike this. We're currently at 76. About half of them probably didn't appreciate this interpretation and I completely understand; the other half were just jealous of this man's extreme talent. I know I am. Basically, it comes down to the capability of taking something written a long time ago and making something completely new out of it without destroying what you used. I think he accomplished that with this arrangement.
KimuraKurosai 6 days ago
WoooWW you're incredible!! I wanna learn how to play this... first of all I will start playing Pirates of the Caribbean!! XD
Coreox556 1 week ago
I would honestly cut off my left hand if I could just have his right....
nctan268 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@nctan268 I think you rather have his skill than his hands. He's been trained to do this both physicly and mentally, just having his hand won't help you that much.
pkprojects 1 week ago
apparently 76 people were rocked so hard the clicked the dislike button on accident.
2nocob 1 week ago
I dont know nothing about music and i was searching for car ECU Efi injection systems but hey i hold one for a second and listen this pice of heave like 7 times... Everithing is on its own place in this melody like you know it will be there "Et voila" you actualy found it there, the rhythm... I know you feel me even if i dont speak well! Congrats!
Tuningology 1 week ago
Does anyone knows where I can find the piano scores for this for free????
toruweber 1 week ago
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toruweber 1 week ago
Rockmaninoff!
Ic3cold 1 week ago
I love these Guys and this is the first Video I don't like .
SecretsxSugar 1 week ago in playlist All Videos
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ultimatedrummer222 1 week ago
Public. Ugh. That took 3 comments to get it right
indigowinters 1 week ago
Usually peaceful publis
indigowinters 1 week ago
Jaw, Meet floor... Floor, Meet jaw. I'm not getting involved in these chaotic arguments. However, haters, retching your course of action. It's wreaking havoc within the usua
indigowinters 1 week ago
In my opinion neoclassical stuff like Prokofiev go better with rock
shretsvis 1 week ago
@shretsvis No one in the popular musical community has enough knowledge to recreate Prokofiev's Piano Sonata's. I could never see a pop version of Prokofiev's 7th piano sonata.. ever, lol.
fierydog 1 week ago
Hey I'm Learning this song too!! But the real one.
jthameschoir08 1 week ago
I'm in love to their music!
DannyLMM 1 week ago
UHHHmazing!!
DragonReborn88 2 weeks ago
This is awesome! I was skeptical at first but I really enjoyed it! It's very well done
AnastasiaH1991 2 weeks ago
Finding the root: The discussion about this musecafe guy (whatever) started somewhere around 20 pages before :3
WimiBussard 2 weeks ago
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1pianorhapsody 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
If this was a pie. It would be f**king good pie!!!
MaxOp1234 2 weeks ago in playlist All Videos
Pretty Dang Loud FTW! Haha.
chantzvii 2 weeks ago
Rachmaninoff would hate this. This doesn't sound like Rachmaninoff either.
fierydog 2 weeks ago
@fierydog Yeah, and it isn't too impressive.
Sword1479 2 weeks ago
@fierydog its titled ROCK meats Rachmanioff, listen carefully you can hear some of his chords, but this is a rock twist
Ptro001 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Ptro001 I don't think they should be bastardizing classical works with rock music - at all. Classical music and rock music are both awesome but are apples and oranges. Pachelbel's Canon is about the most complex classical piece that I would agree works amiably in the rock style. The majority of the classics aren't so simple and straightforward as the Canon in D is. To associate Rachmaninoff with this work of music does nothing else but destroy his reputation as an avant-garde composer.
fierydog 2 weeks ago
@fierydog but that is no reason to hate on this arrangement, i mean it sounds pretty cool if you ask me, and its a lot better than the pop crap you hear now, and its rather hard to do a whole Rachmaninoff arrangement on a piano and some guitars with limited percussion, im actually pretty amazed that Jon managed to modernize a Rachmaninoff piece in a week, i say kudos to him for that.Also, instead of looking at this as a crap on Rachmaninoff, why not look at it as a great pianist inspired by him?
Ptro001 2 weeks ago
@Ptro001 I respect your point of view. I hope you see it as just differing opinion and nothing more than that.
fierydog 1 week ago
@fierydog I understand you, and yet, i dont agree with you. Only because he added something of his own does not destroy but create. You can still listen to the way Rachmaninoff created it (i love it, btw!) and to this. I think, this isn't even a mix between Classic and Rock, more like Jazz and Rock. Try listening to Jacques Loussier and his Interpretations of Bach's Music. He creates something new and i think it is a legit way to do so.
123Shankar123 1 week ago
@123Shankar123 I can respect Jacques Loussier, but this is too much for me! I think it is ok for us to disagree. So I guess what that means is that I am a musical purist.
fierydog 1 week ago
awesome
MsGunner2010 2 weeks ago
The dislike bar is like a ninja for the PianoGuys, it's there but u just can't see it
OneRepublicMan 2 weeks ago
I wish that the instruments didn't have different volume levels applied. I want to hear the guitars too.
bukhari117 2 weeks ago
@bukhari117 you have no musical ear .. I can hear all the instruments .. the levels are perfect .. this pice is epic ..
AlinB12 2 weeks ago in playlist All Videos
Dynamics = Pretty Dang Loud
westernenglishgirl 2 weeks ago in playlist All Videos
Immediately recognized the Prelude in C# Minor with the first few notes! Great piece, played it a couple years ago. Quite a creative approach haha.
ThatAzianGuy 2 weeks ago
Wonderful!! You are awesome! Bravissimo!!
musiclectures 2 weeks ago
This piano playing is CRAZY. Amazing to watch.
ALLMEification 2 weeks ago
Did you catch the trill at 2:32 Amazing!
millersatthefarm8 2 weeks ago
"Pretty Dang Loud" well i would say you got the volume perfectly.
kingoresama 3 weeks ago in playlist All Videos
watching piano guys is getting expensive.... back to piano lessons it is... =P
Ptro001 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Have you guys ever thought of doing anything with the Trans Siberian Orchestra?
That would be awesome is every sense of the word!
somewhatopinionated 3 weeks ago 52
@somewhatopinionated That would be absolutly stunning...!
NFreund 1 week ago
@somewhatopinionated Best idea ever!
Serveanthesia 6 days ago
@somewhatopinionated Oh my goodness yes! That would be amazing
Wizardsauthor 5 days ago
@somewhatopinionated oh heck yea there would be earth quakes and tsunamis and hurricanes because of the wave of awesomeness
u2know2it 5 days ago
a lot of hot air, but NOTHING underneath. trust me. rachmaninoff was very unimpressed somewhere up there. meanwhile you guys need to take few lessons from dirty loops. they will raise your level a few steps.
korglove 3 weeks ago
Rachmaninoff would dislike this video if he were still alive.
Mr1329932 3 weeks ago
WHO DISLIKES THIS OSAMA BINLADEN IS DEAD
13121413151416151716 3 weeks ago
Next time I compose music, the volume indicator will say "pretty dang loud"
wthompson1987 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
any one notice the style to play it is Pretty Dang Loud lol
apersonthatudontno 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos 2
The Piano Guys need a Pandora station.
jgolledge 3 weeks ago 3
Dear The Piano Guys, please PLEASE do a rendition of The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony? I psychic powers tell me that is gonna be one hell of a piece.
glaceneige 3 weeks ago in playlist All Videos
When that video ended I just expected a spontaneous explosion of applause...
Maybe it didn't get that in the video, but in my house, it just got a standing ovation.
samhattangady 3 weeks ago
no elctric cello? that can count as a rock instrument
1Hydraulic1 3 weeks ago
this is going to be me when i grow up :)
Tomswift1234 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from ThePianoGuys
You guys really need to fix this mix. I know you're all about pianos, but this just sucks ...
mbo1982 3 weeks ago
wow for some reason this song seems to be very controversial, personally I loved it. As for people disliking this talent, have you brought out multiple albums? no? Then I think you should have some respect. I don't like a lot of other peoples music but i respect them as artists and entertainers, filling a niche and rising to the demands of the public for the music they like.
Ursa88 3 weeks ago
:-O
deludedpenguin 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
You are the best Jon...
tinavuk11 4 weeks ago in playlist Jon Schmidt
My family and I have been going to Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concerts for the last 9 years, as a way to start off my holiday season. I would gladly give that up for a Piano guys Winter concert. ($75) a ticket.
MsJazzy0213 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@MsJazzy0213
Can we just see the Piano guys play with TSO? Now that would be epic!
Nakall 3 weeks ago 2
@Nakall Soft smiles, From what I saw of the last West Coast TSO, I was rather disappointed this last year. Jon and Steven would have put some class back into the show. It was all Pyrotechnics this year, and minimal talent. JMO.....
MsJazzy0213 3 weeks ago
@MuseDuCafe You're attempts to demean this piece through cheep insults and a supposedly "sophisticated" musical outlook are counter-productive and just discredit your opinion. I love classical music, and Rachmaninoff was definitely a master of his field, but just because this isn't his style doesn't make it "hollow nothing" or "innocuous pop crap." As stated in the title, it's rock, and the fact that you don't like the genre is no excuse for insulting it's fans and the people who created it.
PseudonymousPianist 4 weeks ago 2
@Rachmanfan4life If you don't like the style, that's fine; but the Piano Guy's music definitely isn't "void of any real depth or soul." Just because it doesn't make you want to cry doesn't mean it has no emotional value, and they have plenty of more thoughtful music if you bothered to look. Try "Bring Him Home" or "Moonlight", and please dont stereotype an artist just because they wrote a song in a genre you don't care for.
PseudonymousPianist 4 weeks ago
Personally i like the over-emphasis on the piano, though they could have brought out the other instruments a little more.
PseudonymousPianist 4 weeks ago
poor rockband (especially drummer...) =( playing their hearts out and then being totally mixed under the piano... sad face for the double base that i actually couldnt hear all too much
DogberttheCeo 1 month ago in playlist All Videos
The dislike bar on this video is like a germ. You can't see it but its there.
EpicGuru1 1 month ago in playlist All Videos
Simply amazing. Anyone who has a negative comment is just one who can't do it and jealous.
jeeperbumper 1 month ago
That's brilliant! Indeed, one of the best classic music cover I've ever heard. Usually modern arrangments sound poor when made to immortal masterpieces, but not THIS one. Many thanks from Russia, Pianoguys!
TheBlindStalker 1 month ago in playlist piano
Read a few comments back I have a question... how comes (in general) when a piano player players fast they're considered "good" (talking 'bout general public) whereas guitar players are seen as "just playing fast"?
plukerpluck 1 month ago
@plukerpluck "piano plays* fast"
plukerpluck 1 month ago
@plukerpluck Because playing fast does require a good deal of technical skill. Of course, this doesn't mean that they are good. It is just when someone who does not know or knows very little music hears the piano, the tempo is the only thing they can relate to. Why else would there be such little appreciation for 20th century composers among non-musicians?
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neighborhaber 1 month ago
hot
clovertree71 1 month ago
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You're sick... this is ... wow... no words for your playing skills ... Perfect...
izzy20104 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt 3
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izzy20104 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt
66 people tryed to remake this video
hawii63 1 month ago
y'all know that Ron Paul is dominating your ads? just an observation, I don't think your audience is that narrow.
TenorMichaelK 1 month ago
6,914 people like it pretty dang loud.
rawrzo4rz 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt
quite simply awesome
nimyea 1 month ago
65 people, could't find any headphones to listen with...
SoulSideSeven 1 month ago
It is a piano piece. The other instruments are just to accompany, in the background. I like the arrangement as is.
debsaid 1 month ago
I love having two channels. I got to like this song twice.
MrDrumStikz 1 month ago
65 people are just jealous
Laevateinn1011 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt
Can you get the sheet music for this?
KevinOstiguy2012 1 month ago
any reason why all the other instruments pretty much got left out of the mix?
Hamish087 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Hamish087 it's called piano remix... read the description
RaphProgListener 1 month ago
@RaphProgListener cheers my bad
Hamish087 1 month ago
amazing!!! but the other instruments are really hard to hear. once again this is amazing!
j4ddrums 1 month ago
Castlevania rules!! :)
Bok3ronin 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt
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Right, this has a lot to do with Rachmaninoff. Sounds like what it is--a bunch of middle aged guys thinking they're rocking out but aren't.
MaestroTJS 1 month ago
Great idea but I do not like the production / arrangements of this song. Piano is overstated in comparison to other instruments. I would like to hear the version where all instruments are consistent with each other.
Oдлична идеја али ми се не свиђа продукција/аранжмани ове песме. Kлавир је пренаглашен у односу на друге инструменте. Волео бих да чујем верзију где су сви инструменти уједначени.
daliborveselinovic 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I will say this- I LOVE the concept behind this, and as usual Jon is amazing. But as people have been saying, I think the mix is indeed a little off. Not by a lot, since it IS a piano piece first and foremost. It just doesn't have the richness of all the sounds combined like you would expect to hear if you were there in person listening to them play. The levels just need a little fine tuning it seems.
jmchillz 1 month ago
Saw some comments here... Saw some especially negative ones. But that's okay. I respect each person's opinion. We all have different kinds of tastes. Just don't mask your point behind sophisticated diction in front of the general public. It just makes you look like an ass.
Personally, I like this. The piano may drown out the other instruments a bit, but the piano in this video is more like a center piece. The other instruments are basically support.
x3Heartwidnopainx3 1 month ago 2
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MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
Kinda reminds me of Sebastion Sidi....just better.
PandaGirl2O11 1 month ago in playlist More videos from ThePianoGuys
You should do A River Flows In You- Yiruma w/ cello!!! <3
minormiracle92 1 month ago in playlist Jon Schmidt 55
ThePianoGuys: Incredible Musical Arrangements, and inspiring meaningful playing. The perfect description for some of the most talented and expressive musicians of the modern age. kudos to both of you guys! cello and piano guy =]
Ptro001 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Pretty Dang Loud...LOLOL
MagicalPonyFromMars 1 month ago in playlist More videos from ThePianoGuys
Guttural
MFFjtrev 1 month ago
Sure it's a loose interpretation but for what it is it's fun to listen to
HuntingGreen 1 month ago
This is so cool!!!
gabrielleharryman 1 month ago
To whom it may concern. I'm not putting another second into discussing popcorn and cotton candy. Get my comments deleted if they are so personally offensive or injurious to the ratings of this pop music. I am automatically dumping any return comments from my mailbox. Feel free to do the petty back-talk and hate-bashing behind my back - seems to be LOTS of that in comment threads on a lot of pop music, for some reason. Maybe its 'just that crowd' NAW, opera fans are 1000x worse!
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe You're so jealous it's untrue. Post better.... oh no you can't.
BoogleC 1 month ago in playlist ThePianoGuys
@BoogleC You are so not right on that, lol. There is music other players and composers don't envy at all, because it is so contrary to their idea of good music. There are two kinds of music, good music and the other kind" ~ Duke Ellington. For me, here, this is the other kind. That's all. Find it hollow as a dead tree and about as exciting.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe Hollow as a dead tree? Did you come up with that while you were sipping a cappuccino in a cafe and musing on the idea that maybe you are the most tasteful art lover in the world? Look up "fun" in the dictionary sometime and do a little less "musing" perhaps.
jmchillz 1 month ago 2
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MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
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@jmchillz Welcome to YouTube Comments, where no disfavoring opinion is allowed without harsh correction, or... Welcome to Fascist PC Kindergarten ~ training generations to be wusses who line up and wait for very fussy $4 coffees, who prefer their light pop entertainment with a grafted on designer tag of 'Rachmaninoff' sewn on a piece with maybe eight notes of His, nothing else. Talk about snobbery! I prefer a straight-ahead and manly quad espresso, and I don't like my music 'fluffly, either.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe Gosh... The only way to stop the quarreling about this video is to STOP replying. Just don't feed the trolls.
PathOfDamn 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@MuseDuCafe I agree with you. I'm surprised that people hear this and think it's difficult and amazing. How about they listen to real Rachmaninov, like his Sonata 2 or any of his Piano Concerti.
Sword1479 2 weeks ago
@Sword1479 It is because the majority of people commenting on this have no musical knowledge outside of maybe laboring what they think is 'hard', on a simple Jon Schmidt or Joplin work It makes me sad to see so much musical ignorance in todays society. I refuse to compromise to these neophytes and play this popular nonsense, no matter how little rewarding it is financially, I will strive to make everyone aware of the true classics and play Chopin, Feinberg, Rach-ov etc with great zeal
fierydog 2 weeks ago
@fierydog neophyte? Get off your high horse and realize music is just taste and skill, not science to have knowledge about. What they do requires great skill, and though it might not fit your taste, it's certainly fits many. I listen to Bach/Mozart/Chopin regularly and still listen to this stuff.
devdissent 5 days ago
@devdissent Perhaps your mind will change when you actually STUDY music. You think music is just 'taste' and 'skill' involving no knowledge? Knowledge is the beginning of understanding. You don't just 'listen' to Bach, Chopin, and Mozart etc. You analyze it with scrutiny, if your listening properly. Pop music isn't made to be listened to with any scrutiny. It is inherently simple and there is nothing wrong with that. This is nothing like Rachmaninoff and that is my gripe.
fierydog 5 days ago
@fierydog dear, i studied music for 10 years, play the violin. And no, you listen to Bach, this isn't a physics textbook to analyze it in that sense (unless you want to play Bach which is a different thing). I know art is a medium to communicate and express, but that's secondary to its aesthetic quality. I agree pop music isn't comparable, but we're not talking about pop music , we're talking about the re-expression of pop music though a classical medium, something I think is pretty damn good.
devdissent 5 days ago
@devdissent I can see what your saying sorry for assuming that you don't study music Anyone who truly enjoys music of any kind can just listen to Bach Chopin or whoever else and enjoy it because your right it does have aesthetic qualities that anyone can enjoy. I cannot accept this as pop music through a classical music though, this is strictly pop/rock. This is as similar to Rachmaninoff as James Horner's stolen motif from Rakhmaninovs 1st symphony is - even stolen- no similarity!
fierydog 5 days ago
@devdissent I can see what your saying sorry for assuming that you don't study music Anyone who truly enjoys music of any kind can just listen to Bach Chopin or whoever else and enjoy it because your right it does have aesthetic qualities that anyone can enjoy. I cannot accept this as pop music through a classical music though, this is strictly pop/rock. This is as similar to Rachmaninoff as James Horner's stolen motif from Rakhmaninovs 1st symphony is - even stolen- no similarity!
fierydog 5 days ago
music = medium. mistyped.
fierydog 5 days ago
@fierydog i am so with you
dravenowen2 4 days ago
ultraicon 1 week ago
@ultraicon You shouldn't give your prose / poetry away so freely in public. You've got more than the good beginnings of a rap lyric or pop song there. Smooch Smooch xox.
MuseDuCafe 6 days ago
@MuseDuCafe ornamentation is a good thing to to any GOOD artist and they will agree and you can't say that it is not close to Rachmaninov as i have heard the piece and strongly disagree further more even if it wasn't Rachmaninov it is still awesome
TheJem619 1 week ago
@MuseDuCafe Wow. I don't even specifically target you and you jump in a bring me into this argument. You like the fight don't you? Only a petty person would continue the fight while hiding his superiority complex behind such arrogant speech.
Now... It seems that some of us have digressed from the main topic at hand: this video. I enjoyed Jon Schmidt's interpretation and love his work. It sounds absolutely beautiful.
x3Heartwidnopainx3 3 weeks ago
musical orgasm
binayasha 1 month ago in playlist Más vídeos de ThePianoGuys
My initial reaction upon seeing the title was "Oh no, how DARE you bastardize Rachmaninoff!" But then I thought to myself, "If A Clockwork Orange can auto tune Beethoven and do a stellar job, surely they can too." Upon seeing this video, I can say I was not disappointed in the slightest! Amazingly well done!
Kakarot21591 1 month ago
Well I thought it was excellent! Great guys!
co88t021 1 month ago
What's the point of all the other musicians if the only thing you can hear properly is piano.
Chadfleanthony 1 month ago
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Any reference to Rachmaninoff, in the title or with little snippets of musical quotes, does nothing to enhance, elevate or 'legitimize' this innocuous pop crap. What hollow nothing. And those who know nothing more worthwhile are completely impressed with a guy 'playing a lot of notes fast.' PATHETIC excuse for music, imho.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe you are a completely ignorant person who cant appreciate good music iv been playing piano for years and playing like he plays is hard as fuck id love to see you try to play anything like that
angelmorenojfk 1 month ago in playlist More videos from ThePianoGuys
@angelmorenojfk You obviously haven't encountered any of the hosts of people who have been studying classical music from the age of six, went all the way through conservatory and beyond and became professional. I am just one of them. The guy his limited technique, and his playing is very 'stiff' and often sloppy by the most basic standards of classical painism. This guy is not bad, has real and audible technical limitations. its pop piano, and the music is very slight to less than good, imho.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe Prove it. Idiot.
BoogleC 1 month ago in playlist ThePianoGuys
@BoogleC No, YOU prove your side of the argument. Found it really impossible? No mater how much you love it and believe in it? That's because it is impossible, logically. Taste is Subjective, This is not for me - I would not 'be here' at all if some soul hadn't dropped it into Yahoo classical as 'classical' and a 'great spin' on Rachmaninoff, whom I also can't abide, BTW.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe It doesn't matter how long you play or how good you are, if you are incapable of enjoying music anything under the works of the very greatest musicians than I feel very sorry for you. Even if you have been playing since you were six I think it is sad that you will never play anything but great classics and therefore will never enjoy the piano to its full extent. To ThePianoGuys I must say thank you for putting out yet another amazing video.
Knightcrim 5 days ago
@MuseDuCafe
Or perhaps instead of being impressed by "Playing alot of notes fast" we're impressed by the mans obvious talent at playing piano and the fact that the music is good and fun to listen to. and MAYBE we dont want to have to look at ignorance from snobbish, self-righteous, jaded bastards who have become so wrapped up their own ego-jerking world of musical sophistication that they fail to appreciate good music anymore. In my humble opinion of course.
sergeantsarcasm123 1 month ago 55
@sergeantsarcasm123 Your opinion IS AS VALID AS MINE. A lot of people have trouble grasping that, but if you do, you will cease to get your knickers in a twist. The merits of either opinion, perhaps should be left to completely neutral third-party monitors, or something equally as ridiculous about something so profoundly unimportant as a bit of pop music or what a non-fan thinks of it.
MuseDuCafe 1 month ago
@sergeantsarcasm123 Yea! You tell that pretentious stuck up wanker what's what!
eddiegness 1 month ago
@sergeantsarcasm123 --"your humble opinion"? Is that the best you can do? Fail.
stevecraignet 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe I would've left you be to you have your own opinion, had you not taken a cheap shot at anyone who likes this song by saying that we were impressed merely by "playing alot of notes fast" instead of, I dont know, Liking the fucking song.You attempted to discredit every persons opinion and it leaves you no room to talk about your opinion being trashed and hated on.
sergeantsarcasm123 1 month ago
@MuseDuCafe I know a lot about music, and you apparently don't because I'm impressed at the way he goes up and down five octaves or so with little to no effort. Also, he switches from sixteenth notes to sixteenth triplets without breaking a sweat. This guy is making a ton of money doing stuff like this, and you just felt insulted that someone decided to write a new take on a song that the majority have stopped listening to. In the words of Willie Nelson, "Why don't you write your own song?".
MrDrumStikz 3 weeks ago 71
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qballjc 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
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Yeah @MuseDuCafe has been trolling these comments a bunch. It's funny how obvious he makes it that he feels he is (by default) communicating with lesser human beings. He's a pretentious snob with a strange obsession about the price of coffee.
Criticizing a creative experiment is like complaining that a sunrise didn't produce the exact shade of orange you were expecting. If you must comment, do it in a useful manner, not: "OMG my coffee can beat up your coffee!" lmao.
jmchillz 3 weeks ago
@MrDrumStikz Agreed, but he isn't actually making much money on this. They still have to work their day jobs because the transition from a "standard" career to music is hard to make financially.
wjlasloThe2nd 2 weeks ago
@wjlasloThe2nd Actually, Jon Schmidt performed live and composed most of these songs before the Piano Guys made a YouTube Channel. Also, judging from the camera quality and the fact that I've seen a video where they used a helicopter to transport the piano to a mountain, these guys had a lot of money before they started the channel.
MrDrumStikz 2 weeks ago
@MrDrumStikz Excellent! That guy was pi***** me off! He's just too jealous, and jealousy is the mother of all hate! I wish I had the musical knowledge required to quench this small person whoever they are!
BoogleC 2 weeks ago in playlist ThePianoGuys
@MrDrumStikz You sir don't know shit about music.
fierydog 2 weeks ago 3