Street guitarist plays Stairway To Heaven
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An amazing street guitarist (name: Marcello Calabrese) plays an amazing song.
(Piazza Navona, Rome)
P.s. i really like the way he plays the solo!
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You can immediately tell a good rock guitarists by his cigarette handling while playing. This guy obviously has unlocked all 5 star moves allready.
😂
He should be a secret character in guitar hero
Some real people yet in the 20s.
@C.I.A • Central Intelligence Agency yeah heard they are born with a cigarette in their mouth. Either that or the doc just gives everyone in the room a celebratory ciggie after a succesfull delivery. Including the baby.
@C.I.A • Central Intelligence Agency The CIA would know. They sold the babies the cigarettes! 😆 😂 😆
This guy probably gets kicked out of a lot of guitar stores
ive seen alot of comments like this can you please explain why people get stopped when they play this? ^_^
@@cruz8343 no
Damas Chin that’s just not the reason lmao
Damas Chin i cant tell if youre joking or not
@@cruz8343 I always wondered why songs like this and sweet child o mine are songs you shouldn't play at a guitar store. I mean, they take some skill. For Stairway you need to be able to do a bar, and for sweet child you need to be able to move your fingers somewhat fast and precisely. Begginers can't do this. Unless it sounds like shit people should be allowed to play this without getting stared at.
I met him in 2008 in Rome. He's got a big talent. You can't just pass by, you stop and listen.
That must’ve been awesome
@@floridaman1644 definitely.
Where in Rome? (I'm going soon, maybe he'll be there) let just hope🤞
@@Opreap Piazza Navona. I hope you can.
@@dreameray thank you
He didn’t play with his hands, he played with his heart.
cathalgordon I see what you did there
sure... but also with his hands
@@developer2 And his fingers
@@Antisocialtendencies ah yes! The fingers! I forgot about them!
@@developer2 What’s your favorite zeppelin tune ?
I love how he went beast mode once he finished his ciggi
Lmfao! Wordddd
Agree with you beast mode works
David D That was his energy stick... lol
***** Captain Obvious............you've arrived
***** this whole thing is a solo
he is the coolest street musician i've ever seen
There's a guy who plays Pink Floyd in Rome on TH-cam. He's pretty good too
yeah i've seen it, he's a good guitarist too
Look up Estes tonne - The song of the golden dragon
+Harry Evans Yeah I've watched that one too, left comments about his fingernails. Did you see the one where he's trying out his custom made 10 string guitar?
+Harry Evans I seem to be on a kick lately of watching various street performers, really enjoyable
Imagin a little over 50 years ago a young Jimi hendrix watching a street guitarist and say "that's cool"
Nice comment !!!!!
Except that even 60 years ago, Jimi would’ve been 18.
@@zacallen2520 but he did say over 50 years so that could mean 70
Daniel Kizziar he said a little over. 😂 you can’t add 20 years for a little over! Lol
@@zacallen2520 20 years is just a little
He somehow put his own amazing twist on Stairway to Heaven
He deserves a stage
At first I was like "This is average, I could play it as well". Then the heavens slowly unfolded. You have to listen to the whole song to understand how tasteful and balanced this arrangement is.
+Ludwig Bach - yes it's perfect.
Perfectly said! I too was thinking the same thing until listening to the entire performance!!! And I had to have a cigarette afterwards. :)
The way it was written, Stairway that is; is just amazing
+Ludwig Bach Yeah it's the arrangements that's mind blowing,
+Ludwig Bach His way of delivering this song is just beutiful.
I love that subtle nod of thanks he gives to each person as they give him change, its amazing that in the midst of this passionate, touching performance, he still has the humility to show his gratefulness, hats off to him.
So freaking true. Big hats off to him ✌✌ What an absolute legend!!!!
More like multitasking ability. It's not easy to pay attention to others when playing.
I think anyone would. It’s not that incredible
@@jeebuz6627 You can't even play to that level,who are you to talk
Jakob Schleier I never said anything about playing. He plays great. I’m just saying it would be rude not to at least nod to people who give you money
I was here six years ago. and my heart still needs to listen to this too live.
6 years ago? But that vid is over 10 yo
@@failspencer4501 I think he meant he watched the vid 6 years ago
1:48 that red kid will be a guitarist i can see
@Mango Man his sight
Sena Kenar too bad he had to follow his dad. Unless they were on the right hand side.
Jimi Hendrix
Red kids matter! ✌
@@mattkourevellis7974 hahaha
serious smoking skills
+Yrag Roneelf to bad hell be dead before is time!
+Yrag Roneelf And serious smoking kills
+Neil Elefantis Not always the case actually.
Great talent!
IRaYnEmAn no yes always the case. Are you stupid?
Fuck, music makes me happy.
best comment..so true
Happy music, makes me fuck.
Happy fuck, makes good music
WiffyLight music brings tears in my eyes and opens my heart.
And the crowd made noise..
All the childrens are inspired by him to become..
A smoker
Funniest comment yet🤣🤣🤣🤣
arisu アリス they’re all gonna become smokers regardless. Lol
bro HAHAHAHA
Smoking helps in playing guitar, that's why he is smoking...😏😂
Awesome well done Stevie Ray would applaud this man RIP Stevie
I think that’s the most passion I’ve ever heard packed into the Stairway to Heaven solo I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen a lot of people play it
I find it funny how half the time its the kids and not the adults who stop to listen.
Skye Gray because they lived it and most likely seen Led Zeppelin live and I’m pretty sure nothing will top that for them
Future Devil dog I doubt most people have ‘likely’ seen led zeppelin live
Future Devil dog Led Zeppelin live is actually extremely disappointing, at least for this song
@@iHopBathroom Check out The Song Remains the Same - Stairway to Heaven
It's because kids have zero concept of time and so spend time doing things they like or enjoy. Adults are always "too busy" to appreciate the finer things in life. Art, music and culture.
I'm amazed on how he held his cigarette
***** Every guitar player who's a smoker should know these techniques :D
***** Why? Any pot smoker that also smokes cigarettes can do it.
***** well said
***** I guess you never watched For A Few Dollars More.
***** not only you xD
I got chills when that solo started .. So talented !! 5:08
4.15
He is very good. I once heard a guitarist on the london underground. Do Stairway followed by little wing. He was so good I gave him £10. Theres some SERIOUS talent out there on the streets that mever gets a chance in life. Meanwhile we have X FACTOR. What a life.
we all do.....its the best solo of all time ...Jimmy page was the master
he literally played the studio version
My man was playing while he was smoking. What a legend
I love how he put his touch in the song !
He NAILED the solo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:59 Throwing away that cigarette like, lets kill this solo
The fact that I come and visit this video over and over again is not because of the solo of this song it's because of how he puts his own style in between the original solo that's always gets me damn . Raw talent
4:57 oh boy, HERE WE GOOOOO!!!
The moment i was waiting for
This song puts a bustle in my hedgerow, but I'm not alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Are there 2 paths?
+Drew Jackson that you can go by?
+reece ohara is it too late?
still possible time to change the road you're on?
Commenter Commenting did you know your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
I watch this at least once a week and it still blows my mind how so many people walk by without realizing that something truly special is happening right in front of them
So many stop too tho
Always happens
They got places to be
Я тоже это заметила. Весь мир бежит вокруг него, и лишь он один и несколько его зрителей остаются на месте
"In life, beauty perishes; but not in art." Leonardo da Vinci Thank you Marcello for your beautiful artistic treatment of this classic Led Zeppelin song. Bellisimo!
This is an example of why to never disregard a song because it's simply popular and "overplayed"
Of course this doesn't apply as well to cowboy chord songs, but this is simply a great performance. I see people roll their eyes at songs like free bird simply because it's popular. The Free bird solo is not easy to play, and it certainly is no wonderwall.
I didn't listen, I felt.
underrated post
So well said , beautiful .
In the honor of your nick, I like that twice
I didn't feel, I smelled. :)
What you felt was the original song, moron.
I like the way he throws his cigarette away, was like strap yourself in boys and girls things are gonna kick up a notch here lol great player.
Harry Callahan 😂👍🏻🤘🏻
Do you feel lucky
Callahan?
I love how he still manages to puff the dart here and there without disruption! Lovely play and by the size of the crowd, I'm guessing this sounded 10x better in person!
I love how the dude at 0:19 says pickle rick
Hahahahaha how did you even
@@NayTheHorsee I Don't know dude🤣😂🤣
hahaha thats a time traveller trolling us right there
Wait this was made in 2012... HUH?
What the fuck? This was made in 2012, why would anyone say pickle rick at that time
that old fellow to his left, was mesmerized by his skills.
Is he dead ?
Ehh idk, you tell me.
he was like "oh shit!"
He was having a flashback to the glory days...
with the green coat?
All the kids in the back are like what is this song
haha, it must make them wonder
hahaha
+JohnDaWhale2 Yes it does...it does
their probably like *is this a new justin beiber song?*
frenchfrygamer zombie slayer that actually makes me sad
Amazing talent, and a beautiful interpretation of the song! I love how he respected the original solo so much.
This guy really glitters with gold…
Those with good taste in music damn sure paid attention!!
+3434arc1 1 girl and a lady listened to the whole thing. Makes me happy that there was atleast a few people that had good ear.
Mostly the kids then
This guitarrist makes me wonder :)
Josue David Ramírez oh and this killed me imma have to buy a stairway to heaven
But, did you know?
do u remember laughter?
@@freshmandoomer4089 Does anybody remember laughter?
Woooooahh - he really makes me wonder
Solo was spot on. It’s people like you that need to be recognized. Bravo!!
I wanna know how many people thought this was his song.
hahaha
It literally says stairway to heaven in the title
@@LarioLoccia bruh. the people walking by
@@vanessa-io9xh I thought you meant the people that watched the video
probably a grand total of not a single person.. stop acting like you're superior because you know about one of the most famous songs in the world
Only a few songs can turn your head no matter what country you are in....Stairway to Heaven is one of them. Good job Marcello bringing the jams home at the end of the song.
yup..you could find a lost tribe in the amazon and they would know stairway lol.
@@workingshlub8861I think a lot of people vastly overestimate how known this song is haha it’s no Michael Jackson popularity wise
Sounds like Led Zeppelin being played by Pink Floyd.
Best way to describe it
psychedelic stairway to heaven
So true
@@STEIN470 psychedelic rock sounds like a guitar trying to moan.
I have never in my life seen something as cool as this dude
What a fantastically unique arrangement. He made it his.
I hope whoever recorded this gave the man money for all the views this video got
Haseeb Syed yeah like some percentage of the ad revenue
It takes more than views to get money for a video sadly. Most big youtubers have a network which takes a perctentage of the money brought in by ads.
he gave him exposure to 11mm people
there are no ads lol
Haseeb It depends if TH-cam were to flag it as copyright or not, there's no lyrics but it's still now owned or created by the player.
It hurts me so deeply when i see great talents like him play on the streets. God bless you brother..:-)
Vinnu Why? He does what he loves. Maybe he likes it this way. What's the problem with street artists. Not everybody seeks fame and money.
1:32 that kid that wants to watch but the mother take him away
😭 the kid was like "but look, this is the shit"
When I was in Milan with my mom (our second time) , we went up to the Duomo, and while we were walking up the stairs, someone from below was playing stairway to heaven, and it made it all the more wonderful and magical, it was such a lovely experience 🥺 Random stairway dude/lady, wherever you are now, I hope you have a great life and you achieve everything you want in life
Why is this person not mega famous in music circles and being richly rewarded for such prodigious talent? Because it shows that worldly recognition and success only happens to those gifted few for whom a random combination of factors fortuitously come together over time to 'set them apart'. The truth is, streets and piazzas the world over offer up equal genius.
Stanley Jordan did the street thing after Princeton
famous and successful are two different things, he seems to be drawing crowds and enjoying what he does, i’d say that’s a win
@@zackglickert4495 if his mom gets cancer and he can't pay for the treatment then what? Despite his immense skill which if had gotten the right random combinations would have been able to very well pay for the treatment.
Get the point? He doesn't need to be super famous or super rich, but the point of the original comment is that deserving people with skill very often end up not where people who were less skilled but more lucky than the former end up. It's essentially luck, and that sucks.
@@takeuchi5760 I see your point. I personally don’t believe in luck, I think it’s better to believe that your success is 100% tied to the work you put in to something. Even if i’m wrong, it still incentivizes one to work hard and take control of the future. This guys a fantastic musician, but does he market himself well? how’s his social media presence? how creative is he when it comes to where he plays, what he plays, etc? I don’t think having a victim mentality is healthy or accurate
@@zackglickert4495 I agree that it's not very useful to sit and mope about something out of your control.
I just feel it's better to be mindful of the fact that not everything is under your control, because one day for sure you get knocked down, and when you do, if you didn't have the right mindset it's very easy to fall into self blame and regret when you obsessively think that you could have done X to avoid Y. And if you fall into that cycle it's much harder to get back up if you're susceptible to this kind of thing. I know this from personal experience.
Page would be proud
You act like he's dead
More like he will be
I could never get tired of this song. I play it all the time.
Marcello, you're beyond gifted...Thanks for the privilege of being able to listen to such an ethereal rendition of STH. 💞
Im sorry, i dont smoke while having sex, i need one after.. MAN that was a great experience! :D
+Thomas Pedersen Man you the boss
+Give Me Novacaine Do you love Rise Against as much as me?
+Posese Pulu Dunno, wouldn't want to seem crazy, but I've got 3 Rise Against tattoos..2 of them on my neck:L I like them a fair bit, aye:)
Give Me Novacaine Man that's so rad! I want to see them live so bad :/
+Posese Pulu they are amazing live! I saw them and Dropkick Murphys together at a festival:) best ever.
I didn't know it was possible that this song's guitar could be improved upon.
It's called successful improvising
Damian salazar cover in front of burger king in buenos aires
Cameron Bradley it wasn’t
@@manbaby9740 why not? I don't know I'm trying to learn.
@@i.g.7098 listen to jimmy pages solo at msg 1973, almost no on even comes close to his improv and skill
At 1:33 on the right side the kid wants to stay but the mom tells him no 😢
Gavin Howell evil mother
Sad 😔
Beautifully enhanced. Loved the little nuances he added to it. Very passionate and capturing. I would've just sat their in front of him just listen to this and vibe. Took me back man
Killed it, so smooth.
They are looking at him like he is a wizard
***** not really
It's extremely Impressive to pull off everything he's doing an be so relaxed. He is very much a wizard
he really isnt...
Chuckles Shut your mouth. He is. Stop being a spoil sport. Talented Musicians on the streets are rare.
Yer a wizard Marcy.
The last time I watched this years ago the top comments were literally Karens disgusted with his cigarette smoking instead of his incredible music. It’s good to see no one’s complaining about it anymore.
Nice to hear
that was a fantastic rendition of one of the greatest classic's. thank you young man, well played.
Now that's what I call a musician. Someone who puts his heart and soul into producing the sweet sounds of music. Something most musicians lack these days.
One of the best covers of this song I have ever heard,when you consider it's a live version and he is alone( and actually smoking a cigarette). He has a great feel for the song and the melody. I'll listen again!
I don't know how many times I have watched this. But the fact is that I want to watch it again and again. He is Superb, Superb...
This one of my favourite music performances i have ever seen cover or not you play with so much emotion it brought tears to my eyes thanks for beautiful music man
I was a toddler when I watched this video now I am a 10 year old kid who smokes.
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The feels, the feels just overflows.
Had me in tears 😭. Beautiful. Favorite song of all time.
Love that, could feel the emotion in his playing, which is hitting gold as a musician.
The chills always hits at the solo
I like how he's just chillin there with the cigarette in his mouth and playing the guitar! :)
He probably wasn't after money jsut felt like playing in public and left his guitar case open.
Tenshiyami13 Haha thats what I would like to think, but you see the guy at the start buying a cd
Yesterday some guy was playing this song on the subway station, I heard it like a few seconds, left him some coins, then run to the train, I tried so hard to remember which song that was during the way home but I couldn't, all night I researched some songs but none of them was it and this morning when I woke up, not slightly waking up actually, when I was at the toilet, seeing myself in the mirror, I suddenly said myself "Stairway to Heaven". Now my bed still messy. My hair is messy. My eyes are half closed. I found this video and writing this comment. Oh, it was Stairway to Heaven. Now I can die in peace. Oh, it was this.
He's a guitar wizard. I love this song and he managed to make it more perfect than it is! He plays with the soul! I'm stunned! Congratulations to this great anonymous artist!
This video gets better every time you watch it! People criticising his playing while they cannot strum a single E minor chord themselves :D
yesssssss !!! I agree ! is only jealousy :-DDDDD
***** It depends on the band and taste really but this guy do it for free..well, ok. a little fee :)
LukeInside. I certainly agree !! I do believe in constructive critism. I am just usually ten timemes more carful of the words and how well I know someone first. I once heard a guy my dads work. His opinion was of less than positive nature with no reason at all but to complain. My dad simply looked through his eyes with a grin saying "Well, comming from a nonprofessional such as yourself I suppose your opinion means absolutely nothing" ))))))
We can not escape judgement as long as there is opinion so I remain thankful for all those donate a video not so much for afame but just simply to share when it comes to muc. Thanks Leo95lennon
Thanks Mr Calabrese )).
Shit I been playin' that tune for something like 35 years! He does a fine job! One thing I have always said, If we want to make something exactly like the original then why not just listend to the original. The point is to ad ones own flavor and Marcello does good work. Clearly a veteran player and I would love to jam with him!! Slap back a smoke, thick dark beer and a foggy mountainside jamming good old classics to order?. Ok am I getting carried away now? )) Rock on Marcello!
lol E minor, lol I don't know if you could've picked an easier chord, i'm literally dying rn.
Well, I could criticize but...what's the point? He played, somebody recorded and posted it, all this is more than decent. Those who don't really enjoy it had better find something they like rather than criticizing...
People comment on him smoking. Why does that even matter?
Because people love to hate when they cant motivate
Especially when we think that Jimmy Page was quite the drug addict back in the day
It makes him a fucking badass.
Because his awesome guitar playing will be an inspiration to many, but children may tie being that admired with smoking, and not just the talent at guitar.
Because in this day and age smoking is pretty much dieing out.
Found these after years from first seeing it. Feeling a bit melancholy and nostalgic. I got emotional.
2:18 the way he holds his cigarette is so unreal!
So many feelings on this one
4th time that i'm watching this and still amazed idk why :D
Me too.
everyday
+Khalid GM I lost count how many times I've watched this.
So beautiful.. Brings a tear to my eye. Thank you
This video has inspired me to play more guitar. Such beautiful playing
1,700 dislikes? WTF? I bet $1700 on the fact that all those who pushed thumbs down couldn't hold a candle to this guy's talent...
Or cant even play a note
+Aeros mith they probably don't have a clue on how difficult this song is to play.. I've been playing a guitar for 3 years and still sound rough playing it
+how do i change my name hey man, I think I can help. I'm 14, and have been playing guitar for about a year now and I can play the first five minuets of the song. TH-cam a guy named Justin guitar and look up his stairway to heaven tutorial. Hope it helps!
+Jack R apart from the solo i assume, the difficult part... He is not playing a typical rendition of the song as well
I can, I always have them in case of blackouts!
Ah the secret weapon ...the man has a Roland Street Cube n what an amp
Best thing to put through a Roland amp is a... chain saw
+Jammoko ...cant yet afford a marshall
C Jayy teletubbies
That is what I call for playing for playings sake, and not for anything else but for hearing and feeling. Truly moving
Bro thats so good specially in the solo so stunning...
Dang! cigarettes over there must last longer because that smoke lasted through Stairway to Heaven!
+Bobehz Youruncle well almost lasted the length
He makes the cigarette last, by only taking occasional drags, but holding in the smoke for quite a while, before exhaling.
@ 1:33, having to drag the kid away, leave him to listen, damn
He has several classic songs listed on TH-cam. I can't wait to hear, Hotel Cal., comfortably numb, another brick n the wall, and others. He has a unique style. Sounds cool.
Update:3pm, 3/16/14 - Heard the others, this was probably his best effort.
damn that was some amazing improv! love the way he went about playing it
The combination of how he changed up the tabs made it magical and really touched my heart, don't forget that cigarette, plain magical
Always when I see guys like him, I want to give them 100$
And then you realize you're broke.
you sir have my respect
+Saladin 246 No its respect
Put some RESPEK on my name Morgan
+ess RESPEK BRUH #VAPENATION
1:30 lil man told his mom "but this man is killin it!!!" lol
I have been listenning to this guy since it was uploaded every weekend pretty much whenever I am High AF...
1:40 only look at the boy in the bright red coat...
hes so confused!! he's like, "dad, can we just go?"
That is a fucking sweet tone, the fact that it came from that mini amp makes this 10x more impressive!
Incredible the way that you Play the guitar and the expressions you do make me feel well
What a great tune and so well played...
who are the 877 people who didn't like this? wow,,,, nice playing friend...
A song that's been way overplayed, off beat at times, nothing spectacular. Expect haters.
877 jealous haters who wish they could do that.
I finger pick 12 string acoustic. I'm impressed with him,,,but yes, there are better of course. I'm impressed with him out in the street doing this for change.
Probably because he did it differently than the original
***** over 5 million hits,,,45,000 thumbs up? Seems some people are a little picky hmmmmm? Of course you play better, that's why we are stuck watching this guy. Yeah, right! You play for a living,,, he plays to make people smile...and about $10 bucks in his case in change.
This guy is seriously cool... Fucking mind blowing
He's playing and smoking at the same time.
He's a genius not dropping Ash on his guitar
This guy is a joy to watch and listen to. Keep up the good work