Close To You | Tommy Emmanuel

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  • "This Guitar's In Love With You" is a 16-song album of guitar arrangements of Burt Bacharach's greatest songs. Burt himself requested Tommy to arrange "Close To You" after hearing his arrangement of "Winnie The Pooh" on the Sherman Brothers' album, "Poppin' Guitars".
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  • @TomoFujitaMusic
    @TomoFujitaMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    Beautiful!!

  • @MrJimdeb
    @MrJimdeb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1825

    Best guitarist in the world.

    • @hikarugo1520
      @hikarugo1520 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      See Raphael Rabello.

    • @hikarugo1520
      @hikarugo1520 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Steven Altern Why? I'm talking about technique, composition, repertoire etc. It isn't about taste.

    • @sprocastersprocaster
      @sprocastersprocaster 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +sister hoyo it's taste

    • @CThroughYourSoul
      @CThroughYourSoul 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Its personal preference big boy, chill

    • @davids.8144
      @davids.8144 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Tommy is certainly a master of technique, spontaneity, musical wit, taste, and power. His notes are classy. But not the best because there is no best. Just enjoy his music, and consider other possibilities too.
      In my opinion, it is better to think of a "Council Of Genuises" rather than a single best. For example, in 1975 in terms of rock guitar, my council would include Brian May, Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson, Tom Scholz, and Tommy Shaw and James Young. I'm sure others could create other councils.

  • @MrBKuv
    @MrBKuv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The joy on his face while he plays...

    • @mjmsongs
      @mjmsongs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'd be a pretty happy camper too, if my playing sounded anything like that! :)

    • @aarondyer.pianist
      @aarondyer.pianist ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, and the joy on MY face while he plays...

    • @SuperCakeFTW
      @SuperCakeFTW ปีที่แล้ว

      After all those years... he still loves it.

  • @barristanselmy2758
    @barristanselmy2758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    If you listen very carefully you can hear the best parts start at 0:01 and stop 3:02

    • @cuaeun2582
      @cuaeun2582 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😊😊

  • @martinbaggott1052
    @martinbaggott1052 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The most beautifully nuanced playing ever.
    Could listen to him all the time. Wait - I do!!

  • @plasticsam
    @plasticsam 9 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    Tommy's playing is cleaner than soap, how he does it, I have no idea.

    • @melloh6648
      @melloh6648 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Sam Braverman Practice.

    • @plasticsam
      @plasticsam 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And lots of talent

    • @MrPierdole123
      @MrPierdole123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Sam Braverman I think it's the other way around. A little bit of talent, and insane ammounts of Practice, talent alone won't make you this good.

    • @MrPierdole123
      @MrPierdole123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** I see no problem with Tommy. And I agree fully, tallent is sometimes crucial in some arts, but i know from experience, that people who don't hone their talents are nothing without it, THAT is what i'm pointing at. I spent insane ammount of hours on my Guitar Practice, over 10h daily, i have NO tallent and it takes THIS much to be at MOST average. Also, if you from sheer practice get to the point of Tommy without tallent, it's much more Fullfilinf than, if you had any tallent at all.

    • @plasticsam
      @plasticsam 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I think it takes a lot of talent to be able to practice for over 10 hours a day.

  • @juno4984
    @juno4984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    When I watch other great guitarists play, I don't feel the same way as when I watch Tommy's play. There is something else about his playing. I love it.

    • @aaronsanchez1669
      @aaronsanchez1669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right true i agree

    • @concretespecial9953
      @concretespecial9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The truly great ones incorporate all the styles and tricks they learn over the years and make them their own. They are not trying to play like someone else. They have their own stamp and stand on the top of their own mountain.

    • @concretespecial9953
      @concretespecial9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only a handful have ever reached this level of mastery out of the sea of talented pickers.

    • @zvonimirtosic6171
      @zvonimirtosic6171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He is incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about the music he is playing. And he is able to transfer that excitement into playing. THAT is a very rare talent!

    • @christianhubblebub1399
      @christianhubblebub1399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's called feel

  • @elysianfeel4672
    @elysianfeel4672 9 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    1:18 He can't help but singing out a little bit! I love it!

    • @hpwan2
      @hpwan2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sometimes I think it's actually part of the performance?

    • @SS-ci8jk
      @SS-ci8jk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1:26 also

    • @anthonyfisiihoi
      @anthonyfisiihoi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He does on a good number of his recordings too. hehe.
      And at times does his signature laugh at the the end of tracks, especially those 'fun', up-tempo tracks :)

    • @yosephinemaris1028
      @yosephinemaris1028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i knoww! he's so adorable!

    • @luvyou2
      @luvyou2 ปีที่แล้ว

      love it

  • @user-xy9dr1mj2l
    @user-xy9dr1mj2l ปีที่แล้ว +13

    형님 건강하시고 오래오래 좋은연주 들려주세요

  • @nelsonk1341
    @nelsonk1341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    I don’t watch this around my guitar

    • @randybock82
      @randybock82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha.

    • @chaplainmattsanders4884
      @chaplainmattsanders4884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @HosuHo
      @HosuHo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thx for good advice

    • @SamKenoly
      @SamKenoly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you made my day with that comment!

    • @thomasbrady8056
      @thomasbrady8056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I caught my guitar strumming itself to this video :(

  • @AJGreen-cn8kk
    @AJGreen-cn8kk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    My favorite part of this masters playing is how he always shows the joy he gets from making this amazing music. Maybe the happiest guy working, no matter the gig. Thank God for putting this fellow on the Earth during my lifetime.

  • @scottwaszak698
    @scottwaszak698 9 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    As Joe Satriani says, the best acoustic player in the world.

    • @tcfunvids
      @tcfunvids 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Scott Waszak Yep, and Steve Vai said the first time he saw Tommy perform he sat in stunned silence.

    • @90blacknight
      @90blacknight 9 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      tcfunvids I believe Steve Vai once said, "There's no greatest guitarist, but nobody is better than Tommy Emmanuel".

    • @tcfunvids
      @tcfunvids 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm sure Vai has made several complimenting comments about Tommy.

    • @thorndog100
      @thorndog100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What a great comment to make. Tommy is beyond amazing. Just goes to show what talent and a lot of bleedin hard work does.

    • @samhunt2117
      @samhunt2117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best guitarist full stop. One of a kind

  • @brabanthallen
    @brabanthallen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Tommy is an absolute master musician. He OWNS that guitar. It is one thing to play an instrument and quite another to completely master it. As everyone can also see, he feels the music while he's playing and gets lost in it. Tommy has brought me many hours and hours of listening pleasure. It's quite rare to come across these types of master musicians. My father was one. He was a jazz accordionist and fairly obscure, but in his time was considered the best jazz accordionist in the world. It was my father who taught me to appreciate great musicians, like Tommy Emmanuel.

    • @Yesterdayss
      @Yesterdayss 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +brabanthallen Hoe heette jouw vader dan?

    • @brabanthallen
      @brabanthallen 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mathi De Pauw Mijn step-vader. Hij heette Dick Bailey. Hij gespeeld in Washington DC voor veele jaaren. Ik ben een Amerikaanse man getrouwd met een Nederlandse vrouw.

    • @billyhunter
      @billyhunter 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      and like many master musicians, he has played by ear from early childhood .. he'd listen to the records or the radio and work them out with his brother Phil .. he cant read music and who would want to when you play like he does ..

    • @donjohnstone3707
      @donjohnstone3707 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. It is one thing to have a guitar on loan or hire-purchase but if you own it outright, then that is an entirely different level of being a guitarist.

  • @Mikey-wg2xu
    @Mikey-wg2xu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Maybe if we all pitch in a couple of months Tommy will live another few hundred years.

    • @gerry4585
      @gerry4585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha.....lovely thought 👍

    • @donnyjulius2653
      @donnyjulius2653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd gladly give a year for this legend to live longer

    • @percival743
      @percival743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Id give 5 years

  • @kaiserislamtao
    @kaiserislamtao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Undoubtedly, he's the guy who knows every nook and corner of a guitar. Salute.

  • @markanthonysales7459
    @markanthonysales7459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    that sound! this is the most clear guitar's sound that I ever heard

    • @adamxlr2010hotmail
      @adamxlr2010hotmail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've got the same model Tommy plays the clarity of the notes is like Hifi definition..the rest is talent :)

    • @KaloyUbaldo
      @KaloyUbaldo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's because of the maple back and sides of his guitar - it is know for clarity and bright tone.

  • @coolk3dat754
    @coolk3dat754 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Today I just happened to come across this beautiful mesmerizing renditions of the Carpenters " Close to you" My eyes were glued half through until I fell into a peaceful easy feeling , then closing my eyes and sailed away. That was awesome. One of the best versions you're going to hear. Thank you for sharing. If you don't mind I'll do the same thing❤

  • @lucio_mastroianni
    @lucio_mastroianni 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of the best songs ever written, he knows and he loves it, so he feels like it's making love with music

  • @paolokutufa6625
    @paolokutufa6625 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Goodbye Burt! This is one of the most beautiful renditions of his compositions...

  • @silver244
    @silver244 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i like how the notes dance with each other and chase one another dynamically. not an easy task to do as a player, to give this vibe.

  • @Soul_mode00
    @Soul_mode00 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I listened to the beautiful performance
    It’s my favorite music
    It‘s so sweet 💜

  • @Ta_pound
    @Ta_pound 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    毎日聴きにきちゃう。こういう曲ギター1本で弾けるのすごくかっこいい。

  • @user-jx3pv3yo1w
    @user-jx3pv3yo1w 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    God bless you brother.........

  • @widows-sun-369
    @widows-sun-369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's his BEST arrangement of them ALL!

  • @yeahyeahboys
    @yeahyeahboys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Beautiful sound! This song is special one for me. It reminds me of my first love when I was a middle school boy. Now I'm over 60 but it still sounds so good to me.

  • @RantzBizGroup
    @RantzBizGroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He plays like other people breath - this can't be taught, it is who he is.

  • @jmaxton
    @jmaxton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the Masters of our time.

  • @trumpetcoder
    @trumpetcoder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is such a great melody. Nobody does it like Burt and Tommy!

  • @mauricegull3406
    @mauricegull3406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the skill with which Tommy positions his hand so that he can pick the notes and chords with relative ease... And sound pretty. (When I try it, it sounds like I am administering an enema to an angry baboon...🤭)..

  • @mattburnett7153
    @mattburnett7153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love seeing the joy on Tommy's face every time he plays guitar.

    • @donjohnstone3707
      @donjohnstone3707 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe he is covering up the pain. His fingers on those steel strings must be killing him.

  • @subh1
    @subh1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    sometimes I lose hope on humanity, and think that the world may be better off without them. But then, I see the amount of beauty humans can produce through sheer perseverance and dedication, and think to myself: that's something worth preserving! Thanks for not just playing beautifully and entertaining us, but thanks for dedicating a lifetime to bring out the very best in a human being. Thanks for the inspiration.

    • @nickp8564
      @nickp8564 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      woah there mister alien there is a lot of things in this planet it only depends where are you looking at

  • @matthewgallagher1761
    @matthewgallagher1761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This guy is simply amazing - these songs become refreshed and amazing when he hits the strings.

  • @markblease8882
    @markblease8882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best fingerstyle players ever. What most people dont know he's self tought!!#

  • @douggief1367
    @douggief1367 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh that's so beautiful. (But sad too, cos he really wanted to be able to sing.) Love you Tommie. You're amazing. You'll be singing in heaven.

    • @Justin14379
      @Justin14379 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wdym in heaven

    • @douggief1367
      @douggief1367 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Justin14379 You're right, not for me to say. It was more of a wish or dream.

  • @Fretless1
    @Fretless1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for honoring Mr. Bacharach and David by bringing this beautiful version of the song to us......what artistry👏
    Oh....not to forget The Carpenters🎸

  • @MarkThomasMusic
    @MarkThomasMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Look at this mans face. THAT, ladies and gentlemen is what love looks like.

  • @Nosirrah2112
    @Nosirrah2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm gonna finally be confident say. Tommy Emmanuel is the single greatest guitar player to ever touch a guitar. Any one video is not worthy of what he can do. And no genre can stump him. He truly has not only all the knowledge of Allan Holdsworth but the emotion of Clapton, the guts of Johnny Cash and the more talent than all of the 80s combined. And I'm sticking to that.

  • @maxhenry9724
    @maxhenry9724 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome. Don’t care who or how old you are, it’s really hard not to start singing with a Bacharach masterpiece!

  • @JLang-bn3hs
    @JLang-bn3hs หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn man! Tommy is a true treasure.

  • @user-lq3mg9nm7g
    @user-lq3mg9nm7g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Only a Man who sincerely loves could play this way! Так мог сыграть только Человек, который искренне любит!

  • @johntisdale9989
    @johntisdale9989 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This guys a musical genius

    • @jhawk6926
      @jhawk6926 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      He sure is JT---Just saw him in concert in Hartford,CT. I was awestruck!

    • @internetdinosaur8810
      @internetdinosaur8810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The desert is dry

  • @MartinRaetzJr
    @MartinRaetzJr 10 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Bacharach's music is very expressive and full of deep feeling. I love your arrangement and interpretation Tommy.

  • @dibber43
    @dibber43 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of THE best Carpenters songs played so well by an AMAZING guitarist named Tommy Emmanuel!!!😎🖒

  • @lisdias2573
    @lisdias2573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Somebody said here “ What this old Guitar may have seen in life “ !
    She not only plays , but sings like no other can do it , at Tommy Emmanuel ‘s heart and touch . ❤️

  • @QUANTUMcustomization
    @QUANTUMcustomization 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:18 when you only want to do is fingerstyle, but you feel your beautiful arrangement and started to sing. Amazing Tommy Emmanuel! 👏🙌

  • @jimmy31hendrix
    @jimmy31hendrix 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Look at his face, he reeeeeally loves his craft, how nice :3

  • @MarkAlanEffinger
    @MarkAlanEffinger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tommy, you slay me. Every freakin' note. Every glorious slide. Every perfectly timed harmonic.

  • @whatsthebigfndeal
    @whatsthebigfndeal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    That's one bad dude right there. Every time I listen to Tommy I'm conflicted as to whether I should practice more or just stop playing all together. It's pretty humbling when you are forced to admit that you'll never reach his level of proficiency, regardless of the amount of time you spend trying to reach it. I'm pretty sure he's an alien or something.

    • @hyperhippyhippohopper
      @hyperhippyhippohopper 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      whatsthebigfndeal Listen friend, the only force that is pushing you to admit you won't reach his level of proficiency are the insecure thoughts that are taking hold of your mind. Tommy started somewhere, and he worked hard. Look at him shining now. He didn't acquire any of his skills by sheer luck or 'talent'. Only by a verocious hunger for improvement and fearlessness. That plus years and years of perseverance. There is nothing in this world that you can't achieve when you understand that the sky is the limit. Yes, you, too have the power in your hands to become one of the greatest. It's right there inside you. Unleash it. Unleash your beast!

    • @whatsthebigfndeal
      @whatsthebigfndeal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +trtgre grfdgdfg Wow, that was quite a pep talk! Thanks man, it's nice to run across some positivity occasionally. Peace and happiness to you and yours.

    • @realcygnus
      @realcygnus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Decades(literally) of serious study, practice(& NOT only for an hour or 2 per day like most of us), perseverance & an obsession to continually improve(because you truly love it) would probably do the trick. But just because we can doesn't mean that we will.

    • @myrryxmas
      @myrryxmas 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tommy has said in interviews that he practices six hours a day. multiply that by how many DECADES he's been practicing.
      make THAT sort of commitment and if you still think you don't play as well as Tommy, rest assured that no human ear would be able to detect the difference between you.

    • @alhricoriginalz5212
      @alhricoriginalz5212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@myrryxmas Yep, talent then an immense amount of practice. Because, talent won't put you this far in my opinion.

  • @musicaldna5480
    @musicaldna5480 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He is definitely one of the very best! Thanks, Tommy! For all the happiness you share!

  • @bradnelson4778
    @bradnelson4778 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Same session as his version of Classical Gas - hands like butter and he just really enjoys his gift and entertaining people. A great Australian,

  • @armandofernandezguillermet8996
    @armandofernandezguillermet8996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great performance by this wonderful musician! Thank You

  • @aaron.silveira
    @aaron.silveira 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just had the amazing chance to have front row seats for one of his performances. I was transfixed the entire performance. He has such amazing control over his guitar and he even has a wonderful stage presence. Truly wonderful

  • @sungkonobrothers5335
    @sungkonobrothers5335 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love to see a guitarist enjoy playing his guitar, its like adding soul to the sound. So beautiful, so much respect grandpa

  • @Markknightexeter
    @Markknightexeter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Listening to this today at 2.30am thinking of my uncle who passed a few years back. Lovely!

  • @luismarquez5038
    @luismarquez5038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man wow, the best acoustic guitarist of the world.

  • @michaelc9224
    @michaelc9224 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    If Heaven has a soundtrack I bet this is on it.

    • @TheCodeTinkerer
      @TheCodeTinkerer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael C yes propably at the big escalator 😀

    • @johnlenin1033
      @johnlenin1033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheCodeTinkerer or elevator 😂

  • @RDYS
    @RDYS 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Beautiful, I love the sound. The guitar isn't just played, it's orchestrated.

  • @hendrypardede8134
    @hendrypardede8134 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man i still hearing this fingerstyle, and yet..still amazing!

  • @rolandarroyo1855
    @rolandarroyo1855 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i can hear even 1 day f this kind of music by this very very great person i love every bit of his play

  • @donjohnstone3707
    @donjohnstone3707 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this excellent video of the wonderful Tommy Emmanuel, in which both picture and sound quality are great. It is unlike so many music videos on TH-cam which are mediocre to poor quality for whatever reason and don't portray the artist or their music with the quality presentation and respect they deserve.. Thank you for posting this and other beautiful gems Tommy.

  • @pajamasflannel
    @pajamasflannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    T.E.: the man who never met a passing chord that he could pass up. For us, I should say, that is a very good thing.

  • @brownbreeze
    @brownbreeze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    비가 내리는 날 우산속에 사랑하는 사람과 함께 이어폰을 나눠꽂고 걸어가며 듣고싶은 노래

  • @ld5888
    @ld5888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love “into” the music Tommy is! 💕

  • @DaveFromTyler
    @DaveFromTyler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing for sure.. Mr. Emmanuel never strays from the basic Original, but DOMINATELY makes every song his...
    There is no comparing him with any other guitar player... Certified Master of the guitar...
    (p.s. I envy you... )

  • @yuukisodan4349
    @yuukisodan4349 ปีที่แล้ว

    日本人です
    原曲もトミーさんのclose to youも、涼しい秋に聴きたくなります
    なんとも言えない時間です
    夕焼けが綺麗で、、さみしくて美しくてずっと浸っていたいです

  • @brentonakoname1902
    @brentonakoname1902 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the most relaxing fingerstyle ive heard

  • @daringbarons
    @daringbarons 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. How could anyone not like this performance?

  • @banjoninja
    @banjoninja 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the feeling he puts into his playing!

  • @marcellop3163
    @marcellop3163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The sound of this guitar is simply amazing, you can sense the seasoned wood.

  • @cedricmuller317
    @cedricmuller317 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Emmanuel. You are one the best guitarist. Incredible it's ever great

  • @billybonkta1
    @billybonkta1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    What an amazing musician. his absolute gift of musical structure and tone makes for a dreamlike state of being when absorbing this heavenly flow of sound delights.
    Tommy, when are you coming to South Africa?

    • @walterboruta8353
      @walterboruta8353 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Peter Stockwell It is NOT a gift. He practices his butt off and does not forget what he has learned and he listens.

    • @stevejohnson978
      @stevejohnson978 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Walter Boruta It's a "gift" for us to be able to hear.

    • @kamaboko1
      @kamaboko1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Walter Boruta Let's not deny the element of natural talent. Some people don't have an ear for music, lack rhythm, and no creative imagination for music. This fellow has all of that AND practices.

    • @dankhanks
      @dankhanks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +kamaboko1 Some people put constant conscious effort into their passions even when
      they aren't playing or active in whatever passion. Some people have been
      active in their passions since they were young children. Claiming
      "natural talent" is extremely discrediting at what people have worked
      constantly to be able to achieve. Everyone perceives their own progress
      differently, everyone sucks before they are good and comfortable, but
      then "good and comfortable" doesn't mean excellent, it means we still
      have to push harder to feel okay with our progress, maybe he's not
      finished with his. From our perspective, it's hard to imagine much
      better. Have some respect, professionals all started as novices, they
      just didn't stop and they didn't put hard work and skill on some
      unreachable pedestal called "natural talent".

    • @tomashorst9544
      @tomashorst9544 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +dankhanks Exactly. Professionals can be practicing up to 6 hours/day, which is ridiculously long.

  • @margaretlim6535
    @margaretlim6535 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thankyou for sharing it’s phenomenal how he plays that guitar so beautifully! ❤️

  • @JerrysDerby
    @JerrysDerby 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He's a classical guitar player with a steel string guitar player's heart

    • @Luke-ih1oc
      @Luke-ih1oc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually I think it makes more sense the other way around

  • @DynWorld
    @DynWorld 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    after 1 month of slacking i have finally learned it the way tommy playing it and man its so good and smooth when u play it the way he did i highly suggest learning it on his arrangement worth to spend time

  • @havennewbowtow8835
    @havennewbowtow8835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jingle crivvens an a help ma boab, that is other worldly. Astonishing technique

    • @maxthomson9440
      @maxthomson9440 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ah! a fellow Scot. I agree completely, he's got to be the best acoustic guitar player I've ever heard.

  • @obviousthings3128
    @obviousthings3128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm a metalhead but sometimes this acoustic versions are so amazing

  • @picknickle5253
    @picknickle5253 9 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    Why do birds, suddenly appear, every time, tommy plays?

    • @praz.official
      @praz.official 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Why do you, have commas, after every, couple of words?

    • @gemgem24able
      @gemgem24able 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Praz M to simulate the rhythm of the song, i guess.

    • @Relax-du8dh
      @Relax-du8dh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pick Nickle hahaha

    • @southsilicondan1776
      @southsilicondan1776 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're vultures..!

    • @SeverinGomboc_Musik
      @SeverinGomboc_Musik 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I read the comment and suddenly I heard birds singing, lovely :)

  • @SigmaOnWork
    @SigmaOnWork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Потом, через десятки лет, мы будем гордиться, что жили в "эпоху Томми". Спасибо тебе за твой талант!

  • @VikingMan44
    @VikingMan44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Things to strive for. LOVE watching this man play.

  • @barrylongden7
    @barrylongden7 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Burt Bacharach. Can't go wrong with Burt's genius song writing.

  • @taharbesri8000
    @taharbesri8000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He looks so happy playing it :)

  • @richardguitar123
    @richardguitar123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    So stunning, effortless yet so complex. Amazing Tommy 😍

  • @bksinambela
    @bksinambela 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Why do birds suddenly appear
    Every time you are near?
    Just like me, they long to be
    Close to you
    Why do stars fall down from the sky
    Every time you walk by?
    Just like me, they long to be
    Close to you
    On the day that you were born the angels got together
    And decided to create a dream come true
    So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
    Of golden starlight in your eyes of blue
    That is why all the girls in town
    (Girls in town)
    Follow you
    (Follow you)
    All around
    (All around)
    Just like me, they long to be
    Close to you
    On the day that you were born the angels got together
    And decided to create a dream come true
    So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
    Of golden starlight in your eyes of blue
    That is why all the girls in town
    (Girls in town)
    Follow you
    (Follow you)
    All around
    (All around)
    Just like me, they long to be
    Close to you
    Just like me, they long to be
    Close to you
    (Why? Close to you)
    (Why? Close to you)
    (Haa, close to you)
    (Why? Close to you)

  • @tailhookmd2546
    @tailhookmd2546 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Andre Segovia, Papas, Charlie Byrd. My heros. All time greats. This is just another level. Breathtaking!!!

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I often imagine Tommy playing on the beach on a sunny day with some gentle ocean breezes, the gulls, maybe a couple of 'roos 🙂 ~

  • @interstategar
    @interstategar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Could be only guitar players really know how great this song was played.

  • @Sargon_of_Cincinnati
    @Sargon_of_Cincinnati 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Karen Carpenter is looking down, and singing through his guitar.😇

  • @ehijo27
    @ehijo27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    At my office and needed to focus, this is just perfect! oh the melodies

  • @cuaeun2582
    @cuaeun2582 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the best version I've ever heard

  • @gabrielcernat1523
    @gabrielcernat1523 ปีที่แล้ว

    Din partea mea umila si pielea de gaina am. Voi fi un copil curios sa ascult. Grazie per SEMPRE VOI

  • @christophflock1921
    @christophflock1921 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great work by Tommy and the soundguy

  • @giovanijunior5286
    @giovanijunior5286 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Excelente! Esplêndido​! Belíssima interpretação!

  • @oliverquack304
    @oliverquack304 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow! Maestro! Tone, tune, tamber! Come back to Pensacola.

  • @kaiserislamtao
    @kaiserislamtao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I ever could play like you
    I would forget all the sundries,
    All the minor sadness that's
    still coloring our mundanities.
    Oh, that winged guitar who could
    fly around the manuscripts of
    Bach to Joplin, through the
    hearts of east and west
    Salute, salute Mr. T. Emmanuel

  • @KCron59
    @KCron59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible feel...never mind the playing!!! (Best on planet earth!)

  • @TheSailin
    @TheSailin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That run at 1:50! Wow!

  • @HighFiveOfficial
    @HighFiveOfficial 10 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I Really love it.... but more than that I like your old guitar. I wonder, what the guitar may have seen in life....

    • @75MediumRare75
      @75MediumRare75 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      A lot of happy faces I dare say.

    • @passcomcompass2623
      @passcomcompass2623 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      this guitar goes around the world with Tommy 300+ concerts a year(yep basically a concert every day), indeed a lot of happy faces all around the world.

    • @00big_chungus00
      @00big_chungus00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      High Five it just looks old, tommy has it worn down in spots for different drum tones. It's really only like 5 years old

    • @michaeljconway5983
      @michaeljconway5983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      After one of Tommy's Master Classes, he invited us to come up and play 'his' guitar -(it wasn't his drum kit guitar, but one that still had finish on it.) The sad truth was I hated it! The action was like a shredder's guitar, string buzzes all over the place, etc. I play mostly on nylon strings and I found this instrument appalling. His comment was 'Well when it's amped you don't hear any of that..."

    • @00big_chungus00
      @00big_chungus00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Michael J Conway that's because it wasn't made for you

  • @lineesmagacolete801
    @lineesmagacolete801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Que som maravilhoso.... Parabéns

  • @hadezzz8110
    @hadezzz8110 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The groove damn

  • @photomanwilliams4147
    @photomanwilliams4147 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've played the guitar for 55 years, some might say I'm good, BUT, when I see this master play......... I shake my head and ponder, How? He does stuff that just doesn't seem possible, yet, he is proof that it can.