Eddie Hazel of Parliament Funkadelic was one of the greatest most underrated guitarists ever. Suffering from addiction he died broke. He poured his pain into this masterpiece called Maggot Brain. RIP Eddie.
This solo sounds like someone that just learned to go up and down the pentatonic scale. Way to go! Play them five notes up and down and repeat. Woo-hoo!
@@andytraiger4079 That makes it even better!!!! To be able to do so much with so little, that's called soul. Eddie Hazel inspired your favorite guitar player Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Arthur Crudup / Elvis Presley thief
"According to legend, George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told Eddie Hazel to play the first half of the song like his mother had just died and to play the second half as if he had found out she was alive; other variants of the story suggest that he was simply told to play as if he had found his mother dead." If there's a song with a soul of it's own, this is it. Breathtaking... Perfect
Quite probably the greatest solo in the history of guitar. An epic and haunting song, best played at maximum volume. It is a funereal dirge I played on loop after the death of my late wife. It is one of the most emotionally resonant songs ever recorded.
that tone is grief...Trower has in this tune,still get the shivers from the ending of the epic lead to the outro...th-cam.com/video/aFBMcmv_Gy4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q8CZTFSw8M4KtZgy
I would say this was the greatest solo except it's kind of dark but understandably dark I'm going to have to go with isley brother solo on who's that lady
I bought this LP as a 19 year old white boy who'd grown up in a small FL town. It was 1.00 because in 1991, no one gave a shit about used vinyl LPs. I had already discovered numerous gems already: Music From Big Pink, Astral Weeks, Morrison Hotel.( I was a Doors fanatic) , but that afternoon, I came home with Maggot Brain and the Superfly soundtrack by the immortal Curtis Mayfield. My soul would never be the same. My eyes were open and my mouth was shut. I became aware that I was a part of the universe. And it was funky.
I love all guitar pieces, but I've never heard anything like this. The pure emotion of this song makes me want to sit still and never move. Absolutely amazing.
Yes, and also music in general at its finest. There are people that sing or play music their entire life, sell out stadiums across the world, and never do something with this much soul and emotional content.
This came out at about the time I got out of the army. I was in such a deep depression at that time. This album helped me get right-minded. This is a must have in anyone's collection of alltime great albums. The guitar solo is considered the best in the rock genre.
This just knocks me into another universe. If this isn’t one of the top guitar pieces ever written, I don’t know what qualifies. For me this is my number 1 since I first heard it. It feels ancient past present and future all rolled into about 10 minutes. If God himself asked for a modern guitar masterpiece this is what I would offer up. It’s not old it’s not new it’s not the present.
Realize how perfect this guitar solo is. Only music can make you feel such intense emotions without saying a word. This guitar solo will go through time. Send this melody to all those you love...
I know your comment is 3 years old, which seems like an eternity, but music is the reason I return to TH-cam again and again. Sometimes it takes me to a new artist, sometimes it reminds me where I came from. I've forgotten too many songs... It comforts me to know that they're still there.
Funkadelic is one of the things that makes being alive so wonderful. That guitar just flings the soul out and back in. Love Eddie an love funk... Timeless... Certain soul driven guitar riffs never age...
Songs like this get overlooked when people think of Parliament, which is sad because this track shows they weren't just a group that was about partying but also about putting out a complex sound. Long live Dr. Funkenstein.
It's the really best peace of guitar music that have played ever been since, nothing ever touched me so deeply. God spoke through Eddie Hazel on the day, that this recording was made. Amen! This is not only music, this is pure spirit!
I'm 68, and for some inexplicable reason never heard of him or any work until Google suggested it and WTF is wrong with me that it took Google to turn me on to this. Anyway, A.I. ain't all bad
Wow i heard it once and was mesmerized now whenever im in "that" mood ( u know when ur tired of everyone and everything) i just put this song on dim the lights and just abandon myself to the music . It speaks to the inner me like no other piece has.
OMG ......... you dont know how bad i've been looking for this song!!!!! This is my outlet! I love it to death! My grandfather listens to this kind of stuff. This song is the reason i wanna learn to play the electric guitar! Im only 16 but this is what kind of music i grew up on! Thank you sooo much for this, this made my night!!!
this song is so amazing that all words fail. somthings does not need words, they just are and always will be, pain is in the guitar some will feel it all.
tGhIeNrGmEiRte I have nevere heard Buckethead before, but first thing i did after I read your coment, is that i found Electric Sea by them. I am still listning right now, and it is great. Thanks a lot for your recomendation.
Before they recorded this track George Clinton told eddie hazel to play the guitar like he just found out his momma died. After hearing that the song was so much more emotional. Also I know this is years later but check out the album population override from buckethead, it's fucking awesome and the songs too many people or earth heals herself are great.
The emotion from the guitar. The communication with the band, whoa. Love Parliament, George Clinton... I mean, come on, Funkadelic. Good shit...if you haven't heard it it definitely does not hurt ha
every weekend back in the day (they may still) on wmms in cleveland, when saturday night would turn into sunday morning they would play this ritually. the song ties into to so much adolescent sentiment.
From Wikipedia: According to legend, Clinton told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead but it wasn't true. The result was the 10-minute guitar solo for which Hazel is most fondly remembered by many music critics and fans.
It is the real beauty of the guitar crying its way through a soul of perhaps a woman or a man drowning in the chaos of life that makes this song so deep then and now. Like Jimi used to do with his pride and joy guitar, so does this guitar player. He makes it cry, makes it human in the emotion of grief and the finding of peace after opening up to and awakening the ever pure-- SPIRIT ! Great stuff and thanks for posting . . . sharing the light, the enlightenment advisor
Thank you for posting this song. Allowing all people to see that there have been great African-American guitarist since the late great Jimi Hendrix. Read a magazine of all time greatest guitarist and you probably won't see this great artist name featured. George Clinton was a genius to gather so many talented artist around him and produce so much great American (thats right not just black) music. RIP Eddie Hazel and Gary Shider!
This brings back great memories!!!!!! Thank You for posting! Who knows how great Eddie would have become but I still think he was one of the greatest guitarist ever. Rest in peace Eddie and we love you!!!!
Oh my this is so chilling and hits the soul! This is the first time listening to this you can feel the soul of this player talking and screaming thur the strings!❤
Listen to the underground punk scene my friend.. talk about Emotion, aggression, & angst all in a live performance. Nothings better than in-the-moment emotion!
Can't remember if it was every night or just on the weekends, but WMMS in Cleveland always used to play this at 1:00 am. About the same time I was heading home. :-) Brings back some good memories!
When this song aired on House MD (being a musician) I could no longer pay attention to the show, because I knew that hearing this song would lead me to a genius guitarist I had previously not heard of. This song made me aware of Eddie Hazel, a true master with both respect and disregard for the instrument. I am a much better musician thanks to this piece.
I like to think of Hazel through the words in the song Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts. That is a great song. The guitar in this one is absolutely stunning. What a talent.
Whether Christian or sinner..saved or lost...when a man plays like this or uses uses the gift that God gave him.. it touches the world and reaches the masses..Play Eddie ...play on.
heard this song for the first time last night on sonic reduction. damn - it took me away so far - it was like a cruel joke when the song ended and the dj started talking again.
Eddie hazel dedicated this guitar solo to the memory of his mother still @ the time alive(!) @ his funeral mourners played it in its entirety! As monumental listening in 2022 as in 1971!!!!!!
In my early 20s where everything is scary and I have no idea where I'm going. Found this yesterday morning. Feels like if I just keep this on replay I'll find the right path
I'm the tail end of the hippies . I remember friends and my one cousin sitting around drinking and smoking weed (a teeny tiny bit for me) . Some music from back then different and sometimes strange places . Ahh those were the days .
Long live uploading this kind of MUSIC, I mean WOW. It has been awhile since I heard this one, but still stands strong, and such RAW power. Just breathtaking and pure enjoyment of sounds.
I’ll never forget first hearing this song. Was 3 hits deep on some nice blotters. Molted my brain. This song hits me ina different level… nothing can top this tune
cold this cut says it all about artistry i saw gary shider play this cold cut at a theater in midtown st.louis from the third row shider on guitar with the funkadelics backing him up cold cold cold
Eddie Hazel of Parliament Funkadelic was one of the greatest most underrated guitarists ever. Suffering from addiction he died broke. He poured his pain into this masterpiece called Maggot Brain. RIP Eddie.
appreciate the insight
I second the epitaph - Hazel's far-out talent still echoes until this day, justice be made.
This solo sounds like someone that just learned to go up and down the pentatonic scale. Way to go! Play them five notes up and down and repeat. Woo-hoo!
@@andytraiger4079 That makes it even better!!!! To be able to do so much with so little, that's called soul. Eddie Hazel inspired your favorite guitar player Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Arthur Crudup / Elvis Presley thief
@@andytraiger4079 One can even play a solo with two, nay, one note, and still make an impact, solely on the feeling. maybe that is IT !
"According to legend, George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told Eddie Hazel to play the first half of the song like his mother had just died and to play the second half as if he had found out she was alive; other variants of the story suggest that he was simply told to play as if he had found his mother dead."
If there's a song with a soul of it's own, this is it. Breathtaking... Perfect
I've heard different variants of the story, including this one. But they all boile down to one thing. The eternal love for ones mother ❤️
death to hippies fucking retard assholes
@@julesl6910 someone's full of hate but it's okay
@@julesl6910 its not your fault bro. Someone else probably taught you to feel this way...
@@julesl6910 weird flex, but okay...
Quite probably the greatest solo in the history of guitar. An epic and haunting song, best played at maximum volume. It is a funereal dirge I played on loop after the death of my late wife. It is one of the most emotionally resonant songs ever recorded.
that tone is grief...Trower has in this tune,still get the shivers from the ending of the epic lead to the outro...th-cam.com/video/aFBMcmv_Gy4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q8CZTFSw8M4KtZgy
I would say this was the greatest solo except it's kind of dark but understandably dark I'm going to have to go with isley brother solo on who's that lady
I bought this LP as a 19 year old white boy who'd grown up in a small FL town. It was 1.00 because in 1991, no one gave a shit about used vinyl LPs. I had already discovered numerous gems already: Music From Big Pink, Astral Weeks, Morrison Hotel.( I was a Doors fanatic) , but that afternoon, I came home with Maggot Brain and the Superfly soundtrack by the immortal Curtis Mayfield. My soul would never be the same. My eyes were open and my mouth was shut. I became aware that I was a part of the universe. And it was funky.
So cringe
@@numbaonestunna4806almost as cringe as the commenter that replies, 'cringe' to everything they don't understand....
@@hamdelsun68 …so cringe 😬
@@numbaonestunna4806 lolol. Well played. Lol.
When I used to teach in South Korea, I would walk 5 miles to work most days, with 'Superfly' on my cassette walkman.
I love all guitar pieces, but I've never heard anything like this. The pure emotion of this song makes me want to sit still and never move. Absolutely amazing.
What if you have to poop?
@@tripleh4884 the pants you've shitted are still your pants yes? wash em and change the fit
@@tripleh4884 i wear a diapers
That is what happens when you successfully record feelings.
no guitar solo will ever have more soul than this one. this is the pinnacle of guitar expression.
I bought this albem 3 times,, because I wore out this track playing it over and over. This and cannon in D are the best music in the universe.
I will make sure this divine masterpiece will be heard everywhere ! People need to be shown to the light
:o
So True
I have a t shirt with full blown album cover on front/back, it's my pride & joy 😁
Afro-American music at its finest.
Funkadelic & Parliament wrote the handbook of funk music in the 70s.
Yes, and also music in general at its finest. There are people that sing or play music their entire life, sell out stadiums across the world, and never do something with this much soul and emotional content.
This came out at about the time I got out of the army. I was in such a deep depression at that time. This album helped me get right-minded. This is a must have in anyone's collection of alltime great albums. The guitar solo is considered the best in the rock genre.
Thanks for ur service this had nothing but soul I love my music but one of my favorites
This just knocks me into another universe. If this isn’t one of the top guitar pieces ever written, I don’t know what qualifies. For me this is my number 1 since I first heard it. It feels ancient past present and future all rolled into about 10 minutes. If God himself asked for a modern guitar masterpiece this is what I would offer up. It’s not old it’s not new it’s not the present.
Eddie hazel is one of the best guitar slingers ever
I never knew him, or that life had surprises left in it
Proof that the guitar is the instrument of the fucking soul, man.
What I feel inside when this song is playing is pure emotion...I can close my eyes and feel his pain, I know the pain well.
This songs both predates and exactly matches my psychic pain.
This song sends more of a message to me than so many songs with lyrics. Absolutely beautiful.
I am 65 now, and remember this classic well. Brings back memories of a buddy who is no longer with us.
This is why music is so incredible. It touches us all. I hope you're doing well my friend.
Seeing Funkadelic perform this live was and EPIC experience. RIP Eddie 🤘🏿
Realize how perfect this guitar solo is. Only music can make you feel such intense emotions without saying a word. This guitar solo will go through time. Send this melody to all those you love...
come across this by accident..... WOW!!!!!!
Im a bluesy rock guy but this is insane!
I know your comment is 3 years old, which seems like an eternity, but music is the reason I return to TH-cam again and again. Sometimes it takes me to a new artist, sometimes it reminds me where I came from. I've forgotten too many songs... It comforts me to know that they're still there.
No accident. You were just chosen.
I always thought this song was sad as a teenager, now i know why..its beautifully sad....
Funkadelic is one of the things that makes being alive so wonderful. That guitar just flings the soul out and back in. Love Eddie an love funk... Timeless... Certain soul driven guitar riffs never age...
Eddie takes you through every emotion. Love, pain, anger, sorrow...the whole gamut, without uttering a fucking word. Now, That. Is. Power.
which parts exactly make you feel what emotion?
😂😂😂
One of the greatest acid tripping songs back in the day.
This is by far the most epic guitar solo ever. It just takes you into another world for 9:32 this must be what it's like to create the perfect song.
Songs like this get overlooked when people think of Parliament, which is sad because this track shows they weren't just a group that was about partying but also about putting out a complex sound. Long live Dr. Funkenstein.
It's the really best peace of guitar music that have played ever been since, nothing ever touched me so deeply.
God spoke through Eddie Hazel on the day, that this recording was made. Amen!
This is not only music, this is pure spirit!
This song brings me to tears from its pure beauty...
This type of shit speaks to you without words
Beautiful.
Wow!
This song…
This guitar performance…
This is a keeper!
Forever!!
I'm 68, and for some inexplicable reason never heard of him or any work until Google suggested it and WTF is wrong with me that it took Google to turn me on to this. Anyway, A.I. ain't all bad
Wow i heard it once and was mesmerized now whenever im in "that" mood ( u know when ur tired of everyone and everything) i just put this song on dim the lights and just abandon myself to the music .
It speaks to the inner me like no other piece has.
OMG ......... you dont know how bad i've been looking for this song!!!!! This is my outlet! I love it to death! My grandfather listens to this kind of stuff. This song is the reason i wanna learn to play the electric guitar! Im only 16 but this is what kind of music i grew up on! Thank you sooo much for this, this made my night!!!
It's ten years later, do you play guitar?
Are you still playing?
Bro 27 now goddamn
27 now, I wonder if he got to do his dream.
I always come back to this track, truly an emotional and introspective masterpiece, Bless and RIP Eddie Hazel
I can't stop listening to it. it's something more than magic .
this song is so amazing that all words fail. somthings does not need words, they just are and always will be, pain is in the guitar some will feel it all.
when i read your comment, i think you might be a Bucketheadfan aswell :)
tGhIeNrGmEiRte
I have nevere heard Buckethead before, but first thing i did after I read your coment, is that i found Electric Sea by them. I am still listning right now, and it is great. Thanks a lot for your recomendation.
Before they recorded this track George Clinton told eddie hazel to play the guitar like he just found out his momma died. After hearing that the song was so much more emotional. Also I know this is years later but check out the album population override from buckethead, it's fucking awesome and the songs too many people or earth heals herself are great.
Rip Eddie, One of the Greatest Guitar Wizards Ever 12/23/1992-12/23/2022♥️🔥♥️🔥😢😢🙏🙏🙏
i think you got that dates wrong. this album was released in 1970s
I've listened to this song time and time again, and it gets better. But with this version, I feel as though I'm right there with Eddie....orgasmic!
The emotion from the guitar. The communication with the band, whoa. Love Parliament, George Clinton... I mean, come on, Funkadelic. Good shit...if you haven't heard it it definitely does not hurt ha
Безумно прекрасно... Очень проникновенно...
Просто бесподобно, как можно заставить гитару плакать.
Who else remembers when WMMS in Cleveland play this song every Saturday night at midnight
me ... from Madison, Ohio
every weekend back in the day (they may still) on wmms in cleveland, when saturday night would turn into sunday morning they would play this ritually. the song ties into to so much adolescent sentiment.
From Wikipedia: According to legend, Clinton told Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead but it wasn't true. The result was the 10-minute guitar solo for which Hazel is most fondly remembered by many music critics and fans.
Thank you 100.7 The Buzzard for the stroke of midnight Saturday.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS MAN 1973 AT MY HOMEBOYS PARTY. ONE OF THE ALL TIME BADDEST GUITAR JAMS FUCKIN "EVER"!?
It is the real beauty of the guitar crying its way through a soul of perhaps a woman or a man drowning in the chaos of life that makes this song so deep then and now. Like Jimi used to do with his pride and joy guitar, so does this guitar player. He makes it cry, makes it human in the emotion of grief and the finding of peace after opening up to and awakening the ever pure-- SPIRIT ! Great stuff and thanks for posting . . .
sharing the light,
the enlightenment advisor
This is without a doubt The definitive guitar solo of all time: crisp, clear, intense, intricate. Thanks for posting this, RocknFunknJazz
It's special.
Thia straight art.... a masterpiece. I low key want to teach myself electric guitar after this
"Now play like you're mother just passed"
Ok, he said.
"and then learnt that it wasnt true'
this song literally brought tears to my eyes. wow
This is the very definition of doing so much with so little. This cuts right into one's soul...it's music that taps into another dimension.
Back in the 1970s, WMMS played this song EVERY Saturday night at midnight. Even after all these years, it still lays me out...
My teen years were devoted to the buzzards DJ'S they knew when to play what!!!
this song made me buy this record instantly. Great piece of music!
You tracked down the OG vinyl? Not the Walmart-ass reissue?
So beautiful song... Eddie was one of the best funk guitarist!
Acid Blues par excellence -- my favorite version of Maggot Brain. Thx so much for sharing and posting this classic Fundadelic track!
First time I ears are getting the pleasure. That opening statement is about right. One Love
Thank you for posting this song. Allowing all people to see that there have been great African-American guitarist since the late great Jimi Hendrix. Read a magazine of all time greatest guitarist and you probably won't see this great artist name featured. George Clinton was a genius to gather so many talented artist around him and produce so much great American (thats right not just black) music. RIP Eddie Hazel and Gary Shider!
As someone whose mother has died, this is accurate
Stop reading the comments.. close your eyes and slow down, let the music be your entertainment not what someone else said. STOP READING THIS!
Thank you, Ryan N.
Thanks ✌️💜
My black brothers turned me on to this when I was youngin and I dig George and all his shiot. Dr. Funkenstein was badass....
You do not listen to this song, you experience it, when you are happy you enjoy music, when you are sad......you understand it.
This brings back great memories!!!!!! Thank You for posting! Who knows how great Eddie would have become but I still think he was one of the greatest guitarist ever. Rest in peace Eddie and we love you!!!!
Oh my this is so chilling and hits the soul! This is the first time listening to this you can feel the soul of this player talking and screaming thur the strings!❤
Endlessly moving. You are sorely missed, Musical Master Hazel :( Mx
Das Beste was ich je gehört habe, einfach genial !!!!👍👍👍❤❤❤
I can't get enough of Eddie this band is awesome
the feeling this song gives me is indescribable
5 yrs after first listen , and still get goose bumps and all emotional every fkn time,beautiful, simply beautiful
This song was originally recorded in a time where you could actually feel the emotion that someone put into their music.
Listen to the underground punk scene my friend.. talk about Emotion, aggression, & angst all in a live performance.
Nothings better than in-the-moment emotion!
@@ayoojabroni3549 scream loud af isn't deep emotions.
@@kurzanov the fuck it isn’t
This was my introduction to Funk. Dayton, Ohio. My home.
this is an audible sunrise, sheer beauty!
Can't remember if it was every night or just on the weekends, but WMMS in Cleveland always used to play this at 1:00 am. About the same time I was heading home. :-) Brings back some good memories!
As a child I would hear this song played at the end of a radio show KDIA lucky 13 s f bay area at midnight.
"They don't make music this deep anymore!!!
When this song aired on House MD (being a musician) I could no longer pay attention to the show, because I knew that hearing this song would lead me to a genius guitarist I had previously not heard of. This song made me aware of Eddie Hazel, a true master with both respect and disregard for the instrument. I am a much better musician thanks to this piece.
I like to think of Hazel through the words in the song Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts. That is a great song. The guitar in this one is absolutely stunning. What a talent.
Cover art by Farmer Vincent.
Wonderfull
I heard it while attending WKU in '74, still my favorite guitar!!
Whether Christian or sinner..saved or lost...when a man plays like this or uses uses the gift that God gave him.. it touches the world and reaches the masses..Play Eddie ...play on.
Games, Dames, and Guitar thangs. MAGGOT BRAIN.
heard this song for the first time last night on sonic reduction. damn - it took me away so far - it was like a cruel joke when the song ended and the dj started talking again.
This song will be forever eternally relevant.... my heart strings makes me weep damn this is F-ing awesome
Played every Friday night at midnight on WMMS 100.7 Home of the Buzzard
Wow!!! Mind blowing...Im gonna blast this on my old school Marantz house speakers tomorrow💯🔊
So many musicians came and went without ever getting the recognition they deserved, Eddie Hazel is most certainly on that list, it's a shame.
Eddie hazel dedicated this guitar solo to the memory of his mother still @ the time alive(!) @ his funeral mourners played it in its entirety! As monumental listening in 2022 as in 1971!!!!!!
In my early 20s where everything is scary and I have no idea where I'm going. Found this yesterday morning. Feels like if I just keep this on replay I'll find the right path
Already on the right path...found them around the same age as you did. 18 years later it's still beacon in the dark
Wow😍🤩 never heard anything like this before!
This gives me chills.
This song will take your soul on a jorney to the depths of hell and to the top of heaven. It's gonna rock your world.
one of the best guitar recordigs of alltimes!
I'm the tail end of the hippies . I remember friends and my one cousin sitting around drinking and smoking weed (a teeny tiny bit for me) . Some music from back then different and sometimes strange places . Ahh those were the days .
10 minutes of anguish fabulous guitar!
It's all good! Funky, goodness! Can't get better than that?!
just amazing...cant stop listening this
Long live uploading this kind of MUSIC, I mean WOW.
It has been awhile since I heard this one, but still stands strong, and such RAW power.
Just breathtaking and pure enjoyment of sounds.
Most preferred music ever on acid trip at end of the 80s....wow I miss been young and imagination
I used to hear music .. now .. well now I Feel IT !
one of the best song ever!!!!!!!
This is stoner rock and straight up feeling the moment blues.I’m listening kissing the sky
Eddie Hazel is a GENIUS
I’ll never forget first hearing this song. Was 3 hits deep on some nice blotters. Molted my brain. This song hits me ina different level… nothing can top this tune
cold this cut says it all about artistry i saw gary shider play this cold cut at a theater in midtown st.louis from the third row shider on guitar with the funkadelics backing him up cold cold cold