Oh, the passion of Yancey
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
also re these vids: its not so much the "concept" of the videos but the execution. for example: slash's whistling just sounds fucking funny.
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I get them. They are not very funny though.
― caek, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm gonna do a me version of "Long Kiss Goodnight" to make a video for E so he can share our joy in this stuff
srsly tho E if you go to that sound opinions thread, scroll down 'til you find the actual video of Steve Vai shredding on his triple-neck. It may not be music you dig, but you'll be able to appreciate his musicianship - the guy gets great tone, he's doing his thing, hits some really beautiful chords...even if you don't like it, you can space out with SV a little. Now scroll up and play the one that says "steve vai shreds." See how the music, from the first second, is really, really terrible? but how the audiene applauds anyway?
I can't even think about these without getting the giggles
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
oh fuck the steve vai one is so amazing, I mean the way he just...stops. for no reason. and then starts up and plays some horrible scramble of notes and then stops again. and then everybody claps. gaaaah
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Tony Levin in the Van Halen one.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
well trying to explain them to slow guys kind of take the funny out. thanks ilm.
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
chaki that's a damned lie and you know it, there is nothing that can ever diminish the funny of when the keyboard guy in the santana one starts playing "the final countdown"
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Clapton's initial bend at like 0:04 is beyond classic.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Davey have you watched the Steve Vai one
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes. Oh yes.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Goddamn, Vai's facial expressions during those fretboard slides might be the best thing in the history of A/V.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ everything
― roxymuzak, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe this is only funny to musicians?
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=22DUD5XBx7U
― max, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I was wondering that chaki - I mean, I'm hardly a great musician but I do play and I wonder whether that just attunes your ear so that the second Vai does that opening slide you go 'wait dude's amp sounds like it cost a dollar'
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Chaki cracks the code
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
You might have to grow up around the classic rock environment. American mid west preferable
― filthy dylan, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
No wait. The Santana one has to be funny no matter what.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
this has opened up a whole new world to me.
― Clay, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
these make me laugh like those GIjoe parodies from like five yrs ago
― 69, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
trumpet lady shreds (on star wars)
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
thank you steve vai and carlos santana.
It does feel like musician jokes.
― Jordan, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Not for musicians only by any means. It's funny to me, and I don't play anything at all. Of course, I saw Derek Bailey at Tonic.
― unperson, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The first one I watched, I couldn't tell if somebody had rerecorded the part or just ran it through some kind of anti-autotuner or maybe it was the actual recovered part from the original gig that had later been overdubbed/tweaked/buried in the mix to sound better. Like one of those Linda Macca backing vocals.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
someone should do a reverse "Jandek Shreds"
― sexyDancer, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed. And my playing makes Mt. Johnny sound like Steve Fucking Vai!
― JN$OT, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i would like to watch this black oak arkansas clip with big jim dandy's voice dubbed ove rwith beaker from the muppets. http://youtube.com/watch?v=SGAPhLK8qdk
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Jordan, Monday, October 22, 2007 8:16 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
ROFFFFFLE
― 69, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe it is for musicians. The "Iron Man" riff from EVH hit me hard since that's one of the few songs I know how to play on the guitar.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
For the crowd to go wild at that and go "Oh, yeah,Iron Man!", that's funny.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The trumpet lady is pretty amazing.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I have never seen any of these and am so gonna watch them tonight, fuck a laundry.
― Jon Lewis, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i believe you can probably get your laundry done and watch these as well
― chaki, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
my favorite musician lols is the drumming on sun ra's 'the perfect man'
― deej, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
holy shit, the van halen one when the keytar comes in
― mh, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
>holy shit, the van halen one when the keytar comes in
and the keytarist: Jan Hammer
― Milton Parker, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
These videos are the funniest thing ever. And I'm not a musician. I don't know, some people just don't get it, but that's ok, explaining jokes never works anyway.
Anybody know who this StSanders guy is? He must be a pretty good guitarist to be able to pull this off, no?
― StanM, Monday, 22 October 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/3/4821910_777f970a52_m.jpg
― 69, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
people who think these are really hilarious are probably really "into" frank zappa
― LaMonte, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Not me, at all.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i don't dig zappa.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Not really, but I did go to high school with a guy who was obsessed with sweet guitar playing
― mh, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
nice try LaMonte
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"people who laugh at stuff I don't get must have terrible taste"
― J0hn D., Monday, 22 October 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i cop to liking all kinds of dorked out guitar mag shit when i was little and learning how to play. shrapnel records shit.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I just started a King Crimson poll, for Christ's sake, but I draw the line at Zappa. It's a thick line.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
It just occurred to me that "Fripp shreds" would be rather amazing.
― Davey D, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link