FINALLY! We had the bad and the ugly, now we get the GOOD!

Thank you, Charles. First time I've ever been impressed by a Beatles cover.

FNDT!

I can't get it to play.

re: #1 song_and_dance_man

I like freaks of nature. They upset evolution.

*whack*
;-P

How does it go ? Can someone hum a few bars for me?

what's the big deal? I can do that on guitar hero any day.

So that's what the Beatles were trying to do. It makes sense now.

re: #8 Deathtotheswiss

what's the big deal? I can do that on guitar hero any day.

This is new.
A Guitar Troll!
/

only one guy?

kept looking for the other guitar...awesome.

re: #8 Deathtotheswiss

what's the big deal? I can do that on guitar hero any day.

Bwwwaaaaahhhh! I'm guessing NOT.

/LOL

re: #13 Grammy Cracker

Bwwwaaaaahhhh! I'm guessing NOT.

/LOL

Well...maybe not on Hard.

Wood and strings... How does he do it?

Beautiful. Thanks for that.

Can someone at least tell me the name of the song so I can imagine it in my head ? Unless it's actually Imagine. I hate that song.

Beatles - Daytripper

Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah
It took me so long to find out, and I found out

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there
She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there now

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah
It took me so long to find out, and I found out

Tried to please her, she only played one night stands
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now

She was a day tripper, Sunday driver yeah
It took me so long to find out, and I found out

Day tripper
Day tripper yeah

Day tripper
Day tripper yeah...

re: #7 mama winger

How does it go ? Can someone hum a few bars for me?

hhhmmmmmmHooter'shmnnnnnnnn
hhhmmmmmmStinkey'shmnnnnnnnn
hhhmmmmmmBigDaddy'shmnnnnnnnn
hhhmmmmmmHooter'shmnnnnnnnn

I like Hooter's

re: #10 David IV of Georgia

So that's what the Beatles were trying to do. It makes sense now.

Some thing like this, I'd imagine.

OK he TUNES his guitar while he's playing, at :41 and further along- I thought I was seeing things but went to the YouTube page and others had commented on it, so it wasn't my imagination. Cool.

Thanks, Charles, good stuff. :)

re: #19 VegasRick

Oh yeah - I know that one. But I only clap on one and three.

very "Kotke-ish"....

nice.

re: #18 David IV of Georgia

Thank you David - that's one of my favorites. I will sing it to myself now :)

Thanks Charles.

Just what I need after a whacked-out Friday.
What a strange day this has been.

re: #24 mama winger

Thank you David - that's one of my favorites. I will sing it to myself now :)

Oooo - I sound pretty good.

re: #21 gop_patriot

OK he TUNES his guitar while he's playing, at :41 and further along- I thought I was seeing things but went to the YouTube page and others had commented on it, so it wasn't my imagination. Cool.

Thanks, Charles, good stuff. :)

Yep, and never misses a beat.

re: #26 mama winger

Oooo - I sound pretty good.

Why yes, yes you do!

re: #26 mama winger

Oooo - I sound pretty good.

LOL! Sing it, Mama!

/he plays "Lady Madonna" too :)

re: #18 David IV of Georgia

The line recorded as "she's a big teaser" was originally written as "she's a prick teaser."

Source might be wiki but I've heard that before too

re: #28 VegasRick

Why yes, yes you do!

Maybe I could go on American's Ancient Idol.

re: #14 song_and_dance_man

Sorry,

I like freaks of nature, they upset creationism.

Jubal was the first!

re: #31 mama winger

Maybe I could go on American's Ancient Idol.

LOL for real!

I've got to ask though...how can he tune his guitar and still see all the colored dots and know when to hit them?

re: #33 VegasRick

LOL for real!

First prize - a ticket to the old folks home

Second prize - You have to live with your children :)

re: #34 Deathtotheswiss

I've got to ask though...how can he tune his guitar and still see all the colored dots and know when to hit them?

Intelligent Design?

re: #12 nightintheruts

LOL, that was actually my first thought too. I was wondering where his accompanist was. Then it finally dawned on me. He was doing it all.

OMG!

re: #35 mama winger

First prize - a ticket to the old folks home

Second prize - You have to live with your children :)

mama, you are on a roll!

Lady Madonna- inspired by Fats Domino.

Day tripper history.

re: #40 looking closely

Day tripper history.

It was released in the US on the day I was born. Double good day.

re: #30 Sharmuta

Source might be wiki but I've heard that before too

Actually, I doubt it was written that way though the innuendo was certainly there. Lots of double entendre stuff during the era. That is how we all heard it at the time. Really fun. Yes, I am that old.

re: #37 MarkX

Same here, at about 1:46 or so, it is amazing. I don't play an instrument, so someone playing like this is just mind boggling to me. :) My son plays but he's just turned 18, not quite in this guy's league yet. lol

Tommy Emmanuel is some kind of freak of nature.

Dang, he certainly can play the guitar! I see the definite influence of Joseph Spence in there -- playing the bass line and the treble melody simultaneously, and slapping the guitar3 for the drum parts -- one-man-band style, which Spence sorta invented.

But upon watching the whole video:

Tommy Emmanuel may be some kind of freak of nature, but Paul McCartney and John Lennon are just basically deities. Their songwriting skills transcended "talent" and created a new category for human ability that describes only them. Their tunes and chord changes just never get old, never fail to thrill.

re: #25 MarkX

Thanks Charles.

Just what I need after a whacked-out Friday.
What a strange day this has been.

Was it

I love this guy. Fun stuff!
Sounds like it has been a fun day on the threads as well.

re: #3 Sharmuta

Thank you, Charles. First time I've ever been impressed by a Beatles cover.

Shar- When I was in the Navy stationed in San Diego, we'd take the trolley down to San Ysidro, walk across the border to the tourist trap that is Av. Revolucion. There was a storefront bar that was open-air (no wondows), and they always had a Beatles cover band that played all the songs in spanish, and were they great! Plus beers (Tecate, Dos Equis, Sol, etc.) were 3 for $2, and shots of tequila were 50 cents. For $5 we'd get hammered and entertained!

re: #41 song_and_dance_man

Oh come on- nothing tops this one.

re: #37 MarkX

He was doing it all.

OMG!

Tommy's an amazing duo.

/or maybe he's got a hamster helping out from inside the guitar.

re: #48 Bob in Breckenridge

PIMF- windows

re: #46 Grammy Cracker

Okay, the 'puter ate my post. Let's try again...

Was it

this strange?

re: #21 gop_patriot

OK he TUNES his guitar while he's playing

/pretty soon, he won't have to

A Master at his craft is always a sight to behold. And hear.

Good stuff Charles. The way Tommy attacks, he better tune in the middle of the song, otherwise he would be out of tune for the rest of the song.

I'm still wondering how that jam would sound with Tommy playing a semi-hollow Telecaster (or ASAT if you like G&Ls) through the clean channel of a good tube amp...shit...run it through the dirty channel with the gain way up...probably sound killer no matter how.

Something very wonky is going on here... think I'll reboot the machine.

/stop laughing at me, you MAC people!

I have a friend who used to see the Beatles in clubs in Germany way back when.

Of course- Lovely Rita was a bit suggestive too.

/Still doesn't top doing it in the road

OT

Currently at Google News, the top 20 US news aggregations make no mention of McCain's rebuttal of Obama's kneejerk comments today. Not one of them.

But of course, the Obama scathing of the GOP for lies and fear-mongering is the #1 news story, both in combined news, and US news.

Oh, and the Huckabee gaffe is being squashed by Google News. Apparently they don't want it to clutter Obama's "brilliant" attack on the party of the bushitler.

This is a service that needs to die.

Is there a band more converted to elevator music than The Beatles?

re: #61 Sharmuta

Yes. Jimmy Buffet....

re: #53 Killian Bundy

/pretty soon, he won't have to

Now, that's wild.

re: #59 really grumpy big dog Johnson

OT

Currently at Google News, the top 20 US news aggregations make no mention of McCain's rebuttal of Obama's kneejerk comments today. Not one of them.

But of course, the Obama scathing of the GOP for lies and fear-mongering is the #1 news story, both in combined news, and US news.

Oh, and the Huckabee gaffe is being squashed by Google News. Apparently they don't want it to clutter Obama's "brilliant" attack on the party of the bushitler.

This is a service that needs to die.

Tells me that McCain et al really need to dial it up to get the message out.

Can iz finish my waffez

re: #65 The Shadow Do

Tells me that McCain et al really need to dial it up to get the message out.

Tells me that Google, as a news aggregator, needs to lose their shirts for what they are doing. If you pay for any service from those guys, you are part of the problem. George Soros must be a conservative to these guys.

re: #60 song_and_dance_man

LOL! I learned the Hustle to this, when I was 9. ;)

For many of us this was the last sound we heard before the world went crazy and stayed that way.

re: #61 Sharmuta

Is there a band more converted to elevator music than The Beatles?

I once heard Sympathy for the Devil at a Kmart.

re: #45 zombie

Tommy Emmanuel may be some kind of freak of nature, but Paul McCartney and John Lennon are just basically deities. Their songwriting skills transcended "talent" and created a new category for human ability that describes only them. Their tunes and chord changes just never get old, never fail to thrill.

Exactly.
He is a guitar virtuoso, but he is playing excellent material.

And Harrison was no slouch. Check out Tommy Emmanuel & Jake Shimabukuro.

re: #63 gop_patriot

Now, that's wild.

Emerging technology.

/me, I still need to stand there and try and center the LED display, I can usually move the Grover peg and get to the pitch in one smooth motion, but it's never exact, and forget doing what he's doing with lockdown tuning

After that you wouldn't be surprised if Tommy walked on water for his next piece (all the while playing the guitar, of course);
Thanks for this life affirming moment Chas, viva Tommy E!

Beatle trivia: George Harrison was the first Beatle to get a #1 song as a solo artist with this song- My Sweet Lord.

re: #71 Noam Sayin'

I once heard Sympathy for the Devil at a Kmart.

In the hands of a competent orchestral arranger, it's definitely elevator music.

re: #53 Killian Bundy

I must admit, I am hooked on electronic tuners after using manual 5th fret tuning for so long. But allowing servo's to turn the machine heads while playing a song...I don't think so.

Dayum, Jayson Werth had a chance to hit 4 homers in a a game AND the home run cycle tonite. Hit a grand slam, three run, and a solo. He just popped out to first, but nobody was on base anyway.

That's having a night.

re: #70 Luigi

For many of us this was the last sound we heard before the world went crazy and stayed that way.

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Love it! Bring back the high top boots!

re: #71 Noam Sayin'

I once heard Sympathy for the Devil at a Kmart.

I once heard Poison's Talk Dirty to Me.

Tommy Emmanuel is some kind of freak of nature.

Not another evolution thread?
/s

re: #75 Sharmuta

George was really the genius. I saw an interview with Ringo the other day, he basically said the same thing. John inspired them, but George did the nuts and bolts of building the songs.

re: #71 Noam Sayin'

It seems everywhere I go, I'm followed by the same G-d awful shit "music" of Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Lionel Richie, Bryan Adams, Doobie Brothers, and countless other no-talent crooners.

Freaking hell, it drives me crazy. The same crap I hated in the 70's is now coming back to torment me in the next century.

re: #84 WhiteRasta

It seems everywhere I go, I'm followed by the same G-d awful shit "music" of Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Lionel Richie, Bryan Adams, Doobie Brothers, and countless other no-talent crooners.

Freaking hell, it drives me crazy. The same crap I hated in the 70's is now coming back to torment me in the next century.

This should help you out.

re: #75 Sharmuta

Beatle trivia: George Harrison was the first Beatle to get a #1 song as a solo artist with this song- My Sweet Lord.

Wasn't that the one he was sued for? Basically ripped off "He's So Fine"?

Here is one that I first heard aa few years ago from a clip posted by Charles.

The Mighty IZ.

re: #68 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Tells me that Google, as a news aggregator, needs to lose their shirts for what they are doing. If you pay for any service from those guys, you are part of the problem. George Soros must be a conservative to these guys.

I'm with ya dog. All this means in this election is that conservatives and others who give a rip about America will need to find one or two nails and then just pound them. And pound them. And pound them. And pound them.....

This present manufactured controversy may well determine the election. Is The Obama an appeaser or not? The GOP needs to grab this one by the heel and not let go, just like a pack of hounds. Bring this bastard to bay say I.

Its really sad to travel down the Kroger aisle grooving to music of the seventies. I am glad I will be dead when rappers in Krogers are grooving to rap thirty years hence.......Unfortunately with medical science, I will probably still be here!

re: #85 Noam Sayin'

Thanks I have never heard of him. Very nice. Bob Marley-ish...

re: #83 reno911

Don't Bother Me was George's first composition to be recorded by the Beatles. But I think my favorite George song is still Tax Man.

re: #84 WhiteRasta

In this day and age, one really has no excuse for letting any music in to your skull that you don't want there, unless you work at a department store. It has never been easier to manage your music choices.

Hey, check out the 12 year old kid on one of the most demanding instruments in the world. I hope he stays in England.

The music starts about 2'15" minutes in.

re: #92 song_and_dance_man

Never in my youth did I think I would would say it, but....yup. Big Stones fan here.

re: #81 Sharmuta

I once heard Poison's Talk Dirty to Me.

I once heard a version of that during the TV show "scrubs" . It was sung (ostensably) by the actress who plays a nurse in the show and the balding guy whose role on that show is one of a timid lawyer. It was amazing! Their harmonies were sweet!

re: #77 reno911

I must admit, I am hooked on electronic tuners after using manual 5th fret tuning for so long. But allowing servo's to turn the machine heads while playing a song...I don't think so.

Well, theoretically, there could be button (switch) on the instrument that activates the next tuning change in a preprogrammed sequence.

/obviously, they're not there yet

re: #92 song_and_dance_man

The Beatles defined many genres of music and whole groups of musicians made their sound from individual songs. Not that they innovated it all, but they took what they heard and expanded the sound to another level.

The Beatles are and were the greatest pop group in our generation.

/sorry Celine fans

Funny you should bring that up. I was just thinking of how George's infatuation with Indian music led the band to experimenting with the sitar- the first time they used it was for Norwegian Wood, when the other George (Martin) felt the song needed something more. They and Martin certainly weren't afraid to try something new, and the music world was enriched for it.

re: #93 rawmuse

I disagree with you there.

Everywhere I go, gas station, restaurant, airline, bathroom, they play the same shit "music" at me.

Maybe that is why I see all these young people wearing I Pod ear-buds...

Personally- I consider George Martin to be the fifth Beatle.

re: #98 WhiteRasta

Well, in public places there are licensing issues.
Maybe the rights are sold cheaply.

re: #84 WhiteRasta

It seems everywhere I go, I'm followed by the same G-d awful shit "music" of Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Lionel Richie, Bryan Adams, Doobie Brothers, and countless other no-talent crooners.

Freaking hell, it drives me crazy. The same crap I hated in the 70's is now coming back to torment me in the next century.

I take it yer talkin' about the Doobies post Tom Johnston, when they got Michael "No I don't have a mouth fulla oatmeal" McDonald take the reigns...

re: #99 Sharmuta

Personally- I consider George Martin Billy Preston to be the fifth Beatle.

/fixed that for ya

re: #93 rawmuse

What an amazing young fellow

re: #88 The Shadow Do

I'm with ya dog. All this means in this election is that conservatives and others who give a rip about America will need to find one or two nails and then just pound them. And pound them. And pound them. And pound them.....

This present manufactured controversy may well determine the election. Is The Obama an appeaser or not? The GOP needs to grab this one by the heel and not let go, just like a pack of hounds. Bring this bastard to bay say I.

Obama operatives were quipped about his comments today and said that they thought that his statements linking Bush and McCain were worth more than millions of dollars of ads and three months of campaigning. Since they own the MSM press monopoly, it's hard to argue with that statement AND have your voice heard.

It's time to take off the gloves, and get this bloody bareknuckle fight under way. Obama's a lightweight, and that will be revealed in the pummeling he's about to receive.

re: #100 rawmuse

Whatever, it still offends the eardrums. And it's still crap.

re: #91 Sharmuta

Tax Mannnn. Word.

re: #101 paxnhymn

The Doobies never made but one song it seems...... The same crap I hear on every elevator or A 320 I ever set foot on....Makes me want to jam a chopstick in my ears.....

re: #102 Killian Bundy

No- you didn't. That's your opinion, and I have mine.

re: #90 WhiteRasta

Thanks I have never heard of him. Very nice. Bob Marley-ish...

Can't believe you haven't heard of Nasio Fontaine. Few have, to be sure. But I figured you'd have heard of him.

re: #110 Noam Sayin'

No I really have not but I will check him out thanks.

Sometimes, the best things in life are impromptu. Right now, my wife is upstairs playing "The Man That Got Away" on the piano. I am spoiled rotten.

Reminds me that last time Charles put up a video of Emmanuel there was some commenting about his pinky resting on the guitar. Then I discovered Wes Montgomery who plays only with his thumb.

re: #112 rawmuse

Sometimes, the best things in life are impromptu. Right now, my wife is upstairs playing "The Man That Got Away" on the piano. I am spoiled rotten.

You better hope she's not actually thinking about the man that got away. :)

So here is a thread to confound the Carnegie Melon researchers.

In it is a large part of the secret of how this community works.

re: #115 Syrah

Wecouldreallyconfoundthemifweskippedthespacebarmor eoften. ;)

re: #93 rawmuse

Man, that brings back memories.

/Bach 6 1/2 AL, pops into my head for no reason

re: #117 Killian Bundy

Man, that brings back memories.

/Bach 6 1/2 AL, pops into my head for no reason

And cold cream as slide lubricant rather than that evil, nasty oil.

/and lighter fluid for marching band in the winter

re: #117 Killian Bundy

Aha! I knew there was a reason I liked you!
I play one to this very day.

That was one of most fun Beatles covers I've ever seen. Good find.

re: #116 Sharmuta

Wecouldreallyconfoundthemifweskippedthes pacebarmoreoften. ;)

_meta_dot_that

:-D

re: #87 Syrah

Here is one that I first heard aa few years ago from a clip posted by Charles.

The Mighty IZ.

I clicked on that - I've never heard of that guy, he's got a voice from heaven! (I clap on 1 and 3, but I know and envy true talent when I hear it)

re: #122 reine.de.tout

I clicked on that - I've never heard of that guy, he's got a voice from heaven! (I clap on 1 and 3, but I know and envy true talent when I hear it)

A voice from heaven. That pretty much is it.

This proves:

Nothing is Impossible.
Impossible is Nothing.

Amazing.

OK, I'm REALLY gonna throw my guitars away, now... As if Jerry Douglas and the late stevie Ray Vaughn were'nt enough, now this guy! Anyone want to buy a Martin SP-JSC real cheap?

Here's some more stuff that will make us guitarists weep:

'Avalon', as played by John Jorgenson Quintet with Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy's picking style is so percussive...a right-hand of doom!
John and Tommy 'noodle around' before launching it at 2:08

Tommy playing 'Classical Gas'.............with some 'Ventures' thrown in for good measure.

Tommy demonstrates his harmonic technique backstage......his guitar sounds like a harp!

.....and if you're a fan of great acoustic guitar, you have to check out the numerous 'gypsy jazz' vids on Youtube.

Like this one...

.....and this one...

re: #127 guitarguy
Thanks alot! (Really)
only a little sarc here...
I really am amazed at his work and love his style.
My style (such that it exists) is a hybrid finger style, thumb plucking combination... but this guy..sheesh!
And to add insult to injury, I love to pull out the real early Beatles tunes...

.............just one more (I promise!)....

I've watched this vid so many times I've lost count.
And each time I just sit there shaking my head in disbelief........the tune is 'Que Alegria"....

Wow!

Definitely a freak of nature.

LOVE IT!