"Pop Music Masterclass"

Today we have a mixture of music and pop song analysis or deconstruction. The analysis is very interesting so I hope you stick with me.

Part 1/Lesson 1.
Chilly Gonzales' "Pop Music Masterclass" featuring Lykke Li's "No Rest For The Wicked"

The musical genius we know as Chilly Gonzales explains the song structure of various pop songs in a series called "Pop Music Masterclass", which can be found on his website, Vimeo or Youtube. Lykke Li's "No Rest For The Wicked" is the subject of our first lesson.



Part 2/Song 1.
Lykke Li - No Rest For The Wicked



Part 3/song 2.
Chilly Gonzales - "Greens Leaves"

Chilly Gonzales' new album 'Chambers' is a collaboration with the Kaiser Quartett. It is piano and chamber music - just think of "Rain" by Ryuichi Sakamoto and that should put you at ease. Bitter FM's introduction to Canadian born Chilly Gonzales was a duet with Peaches which we first playlisted many years back. His musical career has been very eclectic and it is very clear why he is regarded as a musical genius. "Greens Leaves" is from the 'Chambers' album.



Part 4/Lesson 2.
Back to class. This time it's for a deconstruction of "Greens Leaves" and chamber music in general.