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1 Mar 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music
“In your conversation with Sting, he said something about how modern music is simpler more minimalistic, and, ” The bridge is gone,” I think- … he said.”
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- 1 Mar 2026
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…Those are hooks when you think about it, right? It’s like, it’s as much of a hook as any, as the chorus of the song or any song. That drum thing is something that people wait for, and they air drum to it. Everybody air drums to it, and it is a hook, and those are hard to create. Those are … Those moments are really hard to create, and usually they’re done by accident. Yes, it’s hard. If you chase it, you’re not gonna get it. In your conversation with Sting, he said something about how modern music is simpler more minimalistic, and, ” The bridge is gone,” I think- … he said. And he said he thought that, “The bridge is therapy.” It’s, like, a chance for you to reflect, I guess, on the verse- … before the chorus comes in. That’s right.…
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