The more I watch them, the more helpless with laughter I get. It's the occasional applause sounds that do it, I think.
Clapton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzUMjCykn8&mode=related&search=
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I watch the Santana one daily.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Like a little devotional.
I was just about to post that one, it's like the funniest thing ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNoZg9kl-zE&mode=related&search=
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I lol when the snare comes in.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I started a thread on these but I have no idea where or what it's called? They are great. :>
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Shredding videos = lowest form of life on der 'tube. That drummer is clearly taking the piss - ba dum pish!
― snoball, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The Jake E. Lee one is my favorite.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
The Metallica one is amazing.
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
the st. sanders guy who makes all these = total hero
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
holy shit
― cutty, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Metallica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttaqVd0rOjA&mode=related&search=
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
santana is the best one for sure.
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Here is a link with some the youtube thread chock full of goodness
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Some of these wind up sounding like early boredoms
― filthy dylan, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
how have i missed this???
― 69, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
they keyboard on the clapton one is roffletastic
― gff, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah 69 get with the program
Eric Clapton shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=nCzUMjCykn8
Eddie Van Halen shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=CXbCt_1mrak
Slash shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEwIRZ9pLCM
Steve Vai shreds in Denver - http://youtube.com/watch?v=_s3Sk8o3xaU
Jake E. Lee shreds -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM&
-- Milton Parker, Thursday, 20 September 2007 00:57 (1 month ago) Link
(I usually started people on the Eric Clapton because it's the most plausible and disarming, then once warmed up, into the Metallica / Van Halen / Santana and then the Jake E Lee is the knockout)
stsanders' little comments for each video are key ("02:46-03:10 hyper improvisation jam") and anyone who has Focus- Hocus Pocus (live '73) on his favorites = my kind of fellow
― Milton Parker, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit new iron maiden one!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AkAx-j9whiA
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
ok thats the best one
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont get it
― and what, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
thats because you are kind of slow
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
oh my God the maiden one
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Jake E. Lee one is a champ, too.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah the clapping on the Jake E Lee one (not the audience, the Ozzy claps) are so sad and wonderful and hilarious
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't get it either. LOL old guys playing guitar...?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
r u srs
― gff, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
haaaaahahaha
aaahahaha
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess the joke is that theyre dudes who dont normally play lengthy abstract guitar solos but dude made it look like they do.... ok then
― and what, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Django: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rBR0ujRmA
― Eazy, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
wait til you guys see the parody snoop video where instead of rapping about bitches and hoes hes rapping about - get this - biscuits and scones!
― and what, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I love how the drums are always made by some 1993 casio keyboard
― filthy dylan, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
and so far the vocals I've heard have been samples from I think Mario and the stock "scream" from movies
― filthy dylan, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Fred Durst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UQ_ZhC-1CU
― Future_Perfect, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
what are you guys thinking, making light of people who enjoy crafty guitar work, & rhymes about biscuits & scones
― deeznuts, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
the keyboard at about 1:14 in the Santana one is just the greatest thing of all time
ethan it's not "lengthy and abstract," it's "comic"
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been watching these daily and still manage to come to tears every time.
I can't decide if Clapton or Santana is my favorite - Santana, overall, has the funniest ensemble humors - the interplay between the keyboardist and Carlos is priceless. But Clapton's facial expressions and body language make for a funnier subject of focus.
I've emailed this to many friends and relatives without explanation and it's amazing how many of them are like "what's wrong with Clapton? When is this from?" Hahahaha....
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
also "terrible" but everything's just in synch enough to plausible (almost)
xpost
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
ethan still doesnt seem to get it
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
My favorite is the Van Halen one where it goes into a brief bit of "Iron Man"--dudes, I was on the floor....dying!
― JN$OT, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe one of you geniuses can explain it better
― and what, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess the joke is that theyre dudes who dont normally play lengthy abstract guitar solos but dude made it look like they do
the opposite of this
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
the subjects of these videos are generally regarded as great guitarists. but the music is...not that good!
― gff, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Favorite moments:
Keyboard player in Clapton vid @ 0:38 Percussion dude in Santana vid @ 0:26 saying something into the mic Fuck it, the whole Santana vid
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
The first of these I saw made me gently smile once. If I don't find them funny more than once does that mean I have no joy in my heart? They just seem funny like ironic cover versions are funny, i.e. never-to-once and barely.
― caek, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
got it during the slash one
i have such a faint idea of how clapton plays anything except the radio hits that, watching that one first, i was just like "err whats the big deal?"
― Mark Clemente, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
funnier than these videos = picturing aw trying to decipher spinal tap
― deeznuts, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
-- gff, Monday, October 22, 2007 8:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
do u need to like eric clapton to find this funny?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
NO!!!!
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Had to close my door from laughing at the drum pad with the "Damn!" and air horn sounds.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 8 February 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
Yeah, the air horns did me in.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link
yessssss
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Thursday, 8 February 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
That's just the funniest thing, but perhaps the funniest thing to the fewest people for the most specific reasons.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
^^^^^
― doug watson, Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
Given the hysterical response to that video, it's clear that I should continue to keep my Beaterator tracks to myself.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
holy fucking shit this rules
― Simon H., Friday, 9 February 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
I was curious enough to go watch the original video, and in only made the shred one funnier.
― I will finish what I (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 9 February 2018 03:00 (six years ago) link
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― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 February 2018 03:03 (six years ago) link
that mixer preview is amazing tho
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 February 2018 03:04 (six years ago) link
omg i missed this one from a few years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbGPGDgOQI
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 February 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
have the original St. Sanders Shreds videos ever been re-uploaded to YouTube? i was really bummed when they got taken down & that was years ago
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 February 2018 06:25 (six years ago) link
another classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22i57u2eMDE
― niels, Friday, 9 February 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
Dying... I hadn't seen that before
― doug watson, Friday, 9 February 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
omg when chick goes through all the different stupid presets in his keyboard!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 February 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
Maneater https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l56Hdjx0ckg
― calstars, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
oh my god that Corea + Hancock video is so well synced up
the grin on Herbie's face is killin me right now
― frogbs, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
and yes @ that Hall & Oates one...pew! pew! pew!! gettin a Legion of Rock Stars vibe from that one
still think the Elvis one's never been topped but man, these are all so good
― frogbs, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
I went back and watched the Eddie Van Halen one, which might have been the first or one of the first I ever saw, and it still kills me.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 9 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
the part where he plays a little bit of iron man and fucks it up, holy shit
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 9 February 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
https://news.avclub.com/its-3-p-m-lets-watch-fred-durst-unleash-an-astonishin-1826142870
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MI-_jWAmlE
― THERE IS NO PHIL D. THERE IS ONLY LIZ (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
i have seen this and to be fair to fred, i believe he was sound checking
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
βIll fated shreddingβ
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
I thought this was a St Sanders esque redub with hilariously bad vocals but...nope. actually Vince Neill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdQnZLEWNo
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
omg
― calstars, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
It was a treat to see Questlove discover and fall down the *SHREDS* rabbit hole a few weeks back, he was posting tons of videos on his Instagram story.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
I love to revisit them. Still haven't lost their shine.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
wait what the hell are the actual lyrics then
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
Nobody knows, the scrolls were lost
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
I still laugh out loud when I think of the end of Help, "ELM.....BEEF!!!......ELM!!!!!.....BEEF!!!"
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
so meta:
ππ π‘ππ²π π³π¬π pic.twitter.com/33LQaxCHif— 100 gecs (@100gecs) November 21, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
H and I still often quote the Bohemian Rhapsody vid: "It's my bad cool dad!" "WE MIGHT BE HAVING FIIIISH" etc. I think sometimes we don't even remember where it came from when we're saying it, these are just things that we say.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
I hadn't seen the Celine Dion 'My Heart Will Go On' one until recently but my god there is one particular moment in there where I'm pretty sure I laughed so hard I ruptured something.
― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
Vince Neil is without a doubt the worst singer I have ever seen perform.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwTP1-WL5Y
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
^ The most diplomatic guy ever, and apparently Sammy Hagar's cousin.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
Vince and Paul need to tour together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LNXOIGuxHU
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
Paul demonstrating why you never schedule extensive oral surgery immediately prior to a gig.
― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
the jessie j one is my all-time favourite of these
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
This SHREDS video of Journey's Separate Ways always makes me laugh because it banks on the fact that no instrument is actually plugged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8ffB9JU64
― βββ (Moka), Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:23 (four years ago) link
I don't know if it's an actual 'shreds' video or a 'musicless' music video as the title implies but it's sort of the same concept.
― βββ (Moka), Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:24 (four years ago) link
ok I see now by looking at the related videos that the 'musicless music video' is another thing but they live in the same awkward universe as the shreds ones. I'll be right back I will be watching as many as I can.
― βββ (Moka), Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:27 (four years ago) link
I feel like this one was shared earlier in here but it makes a ridiculous music video even better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc
― βββ (Moka), Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
the ableton 10 tweet died so here's the og video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UlKCqtZrc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 30 November 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
Is this also the thread to share βfailsβ vids? Prince fails etc
― calstars, Saturday, 30 November 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
xpost I still think that is the funniest thing ever. I lose my shit at the air horn.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 November 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
Tamplin wasn't so diplomatic with Sebastian Bach, lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXQJc2aoRA
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 30 November 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
I don't know where else to post this, but 10 years ago on YouTube there was a version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" where the vocal track was about a quarter second behind the beat, and it was hilariously bad, and I can't stop thinking about it today.
― Attached by piercing jewelry (bernard snowy), Thursday, 7 July 2022 14:33 (one year ago) link
I heard an anecdote from David Gamson (producer / Scritti Politti member) where he found that the separate tracks in the Pet Sounds box sit together perfectly in Protools. So he pitch shifted some of them so they were just out and made a mixdown. Then, when he next had guests round for dinner, he started a conversation along the lines of "Don't get me wrong, I like the Beach Boys but their tuning could have been better" and played them the mixdown when they asked what the heck he was talking about.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Thursday, 7 July 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
must hear.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Thursday, 7 July 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link