Hey all you pathetic boneheads. Anyway, I'll go through the basics here. You shouldn't have any trouble understanding them. The first thing you need to understand is the concept of rhythm.
Music usually has a constant, repeating pulse called a beat .
Usually the speed or tempo of a beat is measured in BPM , or B eats P er M inute. A BPM of 60 would have one beat every second. Every tune or musical score has a specific rhythm to it. Here's an example of a song with the just the musical notes , and here's the same song with rhythmic tapping only . I'd bet anything that the song you're listening to has a syncopated rhythm.