1-Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed 0:35 2-Simon and Garfunkel - Boxer 1:35 3-Fleedwood Mac - Big Love 2:45 4-John Mayer - Heart of life 3:38 5-Gavin James - Nervous 4:42 6-The tallest man on earth - troubles will be gone 5:47 7-Dire straits - Romeo and Juliet 6:48 8-Wilco - One sunday morning 7:30 9-Led Zeppellin - Babe I'm gonna leave U 8:47 10-Sting - Fragile 9:59
the best part was when he mixed 'mind-blowing' and 'Jaw-dropping' to get 'mind-dropping! such an innovator. this is the quality content i subscribed for!
I noticed that. lol. it's not just mind blowing. it was both mind blowing and jaw dropping. so what do I say. oh I'll say mind dropping. lol. Dan maloney.
I used to be a guitarist primarily focused on playing metal but lifestyle kind of restricts my playing to acoustic stuff these days. After a 2 year break, I decided to start learning how to finger pick and make it a dominant part of my playing. In the last couple of months I've mastered Big Love (live version), Landslide, Jolene, and Never Going Back Again (incl the live solo) Feels great to be back playing guitar again and really enjoying learning this finger style stuff! Some great inspiration in this video to learn more.
I’m typically more of fast/shred type guitar player but man was that Zep riff great. I love that stuff and that’s one of my all time favorite riffs. He totally killed it.
I've watched a lot of your stuff Paul. It's both inspiring and intimidating to watch you show your talent. I thought I'd finally say hi and pay my respects to your work. Totally awesome man.
gosh i love his little mistakes every once in a while. it makes me mend a personal connection with him. it reminds me that he's a person, not just someone on my screen
I love your channel Paul. I just enjoy your playing so much. I'm a brand new learner at 63, but I find it to be so much fun. Thanks for being there to inspire someone like me. Connie
It is impressive to see how much your playing and video crafting have improved in the four and a half years since this video came out. You were already at a high level in 2017 and have clearly kept working to hone your skills. Really top tier TH-cam content! Thank you so much.
0:44 Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder 1:43 The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel 2:55 Big Love (Live) by Fleetwood Mac 3:48 The Heart of Life by John Mayer 4:45 Nervous (The Ooh Song) by Gavin James 5:51 Troubles Will Be Gone by The Tallest Man on Earth 7:00 Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits 7:41 One Sunday Morning (For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) by Wilco 9:01 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Led Zeppelin 10:09 Fragile by Sting
This video series made me subscribe. I love the feeling that fingerstyle gives over a plain pick, and you helped shine a light on the best collection of songs throughout the years that give me that feeling. Wonderful job, sir.
man, I love learning from you. your demeanor, calm tone to your voice, tis extremely approachable. I especially how the flow of your videos go. you can tell sometimes where the video editing cuts are, but they make the eb and flow extremely clean and crisp as a presentation! love your videos!!!
Such an inspiration. This is the stuff that makes me want to pick up my guitar and learn more, even after 16 years of playing and even if I'm insanely jealous of your Martin guitar!
Love seeing One Sunday Morning in the list. I saw them a few years ago at Red Rocks in Colorado (and many times since). They opened the show with One Sunday Morning, the sunset brilliantly lighting up the amphitheater. It was surreal. Such a gorgeous song, and a fun one to play, too!
Another delight indeed!! Awesome tutorials. I would love to see some of the mind blowing stuff from Bruce Cockburn like Wondering where the lions are, Foxglove, Sunwheel Dance, Sunrise on the Mississippi, All the Diamonds, Rouler Sa Bosse, Pacing the cage.... to name a few. Paul's skill and method would no doubt do justice to these stirring and challenging tunes.
Thanks Paul for everything. You are a great teacher, awesome player, and before everything a wonderful person. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. I would like to meet you in person one day.
Dropping in from 2023 it seems cute that you found reaching 300.000 subscribers AWESOME given you are deservedly on 3.16 million now. I love seeing the same passion and infectious enthusiasm has been there throughout. The editing and style has evolved perfectly. In this video the content is inspiring, but the jump cuts are jarring; in 2023 the videos are mellow and enticing like a warm bath. I just hope my abilities with the guitar evolve in the same manner.
My favourite guitar channel... just looking through some past videos for inspiration, can’t wait to try some of these out! I love fingerpicking songs so much
There are some great fingerstyle players out there, but I often find they get a bit samey after a while. One fingerstyle player whom I never seem to get bored of and, in my opinion, has one of the best right hands in the business, plus an amazing understanding of what the guitar can achieve, sometimes with the simplest of melodies is the mighty Bruce Cockburn. Combined with his peerless lyrics he remains one of the top singer songwriters on the planet, but also a truly consummate player. Thanks for such a great channel Paul. Your production values and playing are superb.
Paul I just wanted to say I love your videos and instruction. You are straight forward about your playing and it's not hard to follow the songs you teach. Keep the videos coming because they are awesome.
My favorite Blues artist ever ( and forever) is Rory Gallagher. Well known for his battered strat energically played, he also played finger style: you may try "out on the western plain" country style at a fast tempo.
I don't know what it is about his video in particular, but this may be the most professional video I have seen on your channel yet. Everything from the sound, the camera, and the song choices are all great and I loved the first video, but this was even better. Let's hope for a pt. 3?
Thanks Paul you have given so much to learn i am also a musician who want to built a carrier at late age though i have learnt learnt it in my teens. i can sense how much devotion you took to reach here. the family pressure who think of nothing about this and they know simple songs and some music.. ma be not in your case..the lonely practice for hours in room and make perfect and to make a video clip it is very troublesome..thanks for the lession and inspiration. artists inspire and get inspired and contribute in this field...thanks
you probably found it by now but this is the closest one to the original that i found with all the little licks and details: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/gavin-james/nervous-tabs-2150291
but songs like these are most confusing with just tabs, really need to play around with fingerpicking within the chords, and gavin plays it a little different in his live videos
@@2.2.2.2. no problem :) practice the tabs first for the beginning loop then play along with 50 or 75% speed, it took me about a week to get it done, then another week or two to sing while playing... pretty difficult but im sure u'll master it! good luck!
Tallest man on earth, suchan amazing artist! He got me into fingerstyle. I love the song "on every page". I cant play wonderwall, but hell can i jam that tune😍
I've been on Vedder's "Guaranteed" for several weeks now. Yes, chord transitions are awkward, but I can now play them comfortably without even looking at the fret-board. The hardest part is to play it as fast as the original recording, which is at around 99 BPM. I can play upto about 90 BPM, but from there on it starts to get choppy, with me randomly missing strings here and there. It's like trying to run faster than my legs can go.
I'm always amaze if i watched your video, and my heart said " I want like he, look at he, he so talented, have nice guitar " How about me.. And by the way, i think you have a new camera.
1-Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed 0:35
2-Simon and Garfunkel - Boxer 1:35
3-Fleedwood Mac - Big Love 2:45
4-John Mayer - Heart of life 3:38
5-Gavin James - Nervous 4:42
6-The tallest man on earth - troubles will be gone 5:47
7-Dire straits - Romeo and Juliet 6:48
8-Wilco - One sunday morning 7:30
9-Led Zeppellin - Babe I'm gonna leave U 8:47
10-Sting - Fragile 9:59
Alonso G. Can you do the same in the part 1?
he is missing Emoji of a wave from John mayer
Thank you
Alonso G. D
Anyone else find it odd that Nick Drake is missing from all these lists? I guess nobody know's who Nick Drake is.
One more thing that is AWESOME, is that my channel reached 300.000 SUBSCRIBERS!! THANK YOU ALL
Paul Davids fender,gibson or ibanez??
Paul Davids Where can I get a beard as crisp as yours??
What is the most important thing NOT to do when practising guitar?
Paul Davids follow me on Instagram :))
Paul Davids how old did you start and any tips to improve picking speed?
the best part was when he mixed 'mind-blowing' and 'Jaw-dropping' to get 'mind-dropping! such an innovator. this is the quality content i subscribed for!
I noticed that. lol. it's not just mind blowing. it was both mind blowing and jaw dropping. so what do I say. oh I'll say mind dropping. lol. Dan maloney.
Well, obviously his first language is not English, but it's pretty darned good.
I'm happy I didn't turn it into 'jaw blowing'... :o
Trust me we're all happy it was not that you said.. lol Keep doing what you do bro.
imma use mind dropping from now on... jaw blowing only if epic enough...
The strumming part of babe I’m gonna leave you is flamenco Paul. Lol your an amazing talent but I’ve been nailing that song for 25years.
I used to be a guitarist primarily focused on playing metal but lifestyle kind of restricts my playing to acoustic stuff these days. After a 2 year break, I decided to start learning how to finger pick and make it a dominant part of my playing. In the last couple of months I've mastered Big Love (live version), Landslide, Jolene, and Never Going Back Again (incl the live solo) Feels great to be back playing guitar again and really enjoying learning this finger style stuff! Some great inspiration in this video to learn more.
Whats a cheerful guy...clearly loves what he does....inspirational!
I’m typically more of fast/shred type guitar player but man was that Zep riff great. I love that stuff and that’s one of my all time favorite riffs. He totally killed it.
I've watched a lot of your stuff Paul. It's both inspiring and intimidating to watch you show your talent. I thought I'd finally say hi and pay my respects to your work. Totally awesome man.
Mr. Davids playing the tallest man, I didn't know I needed this until now
Awesome is the right word. This selection is even better than the first part.
Anthony Lazaro How come you posted this 5 days ago if this video was uploaded 4 minutes ago? :)
Tzvi Menashe Lifshitz I think he's a wizard
Yeah HOW? :O
A DeLorean can be useful, sometimes ;)
Tzvi Menashe Lifshitz You can schedual videos on youtube so they are available to the public on certain dates
gosh i love his little mistakes every once in a while. it makes me mend a personal connection with him. it reminds me that he's a person, not just someone on my screen
I love your channel Paul. I just enjoy your playing so much. I'm a brand new learner at 63, but I find it to be so much fun. Thanks for being there to inspire someone like me. Connie
Thank you so much for acknowledging Buckingham and Knopfler, two of the most underrated players of all time.
Who would ever say Knopfler is underrated?
Knopfler? Underrated? Whut
Knopfler isn't really underrated, Buckingham probably is though
Hi there. Im building a channel 2 you might find intresting. th-cam.com/video/u-SKYkRYDew/w-d-xo.html
There is something deeply beautiful about the way you play.
So glad to see the Tallest Man on Earth getting some love! His songs are the most fun to play I swear!
lol "it's not that hard if you're used to picking at the speed of light." For Tallest Man on Earth songs-so true!
Love that you played the tallest man on earth, that man is a straight up genius!
It is impressive to see how much your playing and video crafting have improved in the four and a half years since this video came out. You were already at a high level in 2017 and have clearly kept working to hone your skills. Really top tier TH-cam content! Thank you so much.
when I saw "Guarantee" in the beginning, I already know this video would be AWESOME.
0:44 Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder
1:43 The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel
2:55 Big Love (Live) by Fleetwood Mac
3:48 The Heart of Life by John Mayer
4:45 Nervous (The Ooh Song) by Gavin James
5:51 Troubles Will Be Gone by The Tallest Man on Earth
7:00 Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits
7:41 One Sunday Morning (For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) by Wilco
9:01 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Led Zeppelin
10:09 Fragile by Sting
This video series made me subscribe. I love the feeling that fingerstyle gives over a plain pick, and you helped shine a light on the best collection of songs throughout the years that give me that feeling. Wonderful job, sir.
You’re awesome, I wish I had your talent. Starting at the age of 52 (just over one year ago) wasn’t the smartest move, but I’m enjoying learning.
Paul -I really like your videos your commentary -everything is always well polished ,professional and useful
And you are a really great player
man, I love learning from you. your demeanor, calm tone to your voice, tis extremely approachable. I especially how the flow of your videos go. you can tell sometimes where the video editing cuts are, but they make the eb and flow extremely clean and crisp as a presentation! love your videos!!!
Mate you are an AMAZING guitarist, supremely talented!
I love your videos, I learn so much from every each of them. Thanks for supporting and helping guitarist like me. Congrats from Dominican Republic.
Such an inspiration. This is the stuff that makes me want to pick up my guitar and learn more, even after 16 years of playing and even if I'm insanely jealous of your Martin guitar!
Love seeing One Sunday Morning in the list. I saw them a few years ago at Red Rocks in Colorado (and many times since). They opened the show with One Sunday Morning, the sunset brilliantly lighting up the amphitheater. It was surreal. Such a gorgeous song, and a fun one to play, too!
Don't know if it's just me, but does anyone else love this guy's voice?
I love Paul's soothing voice and quality content. Someday I hope to play as well as him
Amazing guitarist. Got yourself a subscriber🤙
Thanks :)
Paul some people play the guitar, but you make it sing.
Another delight indeed!! Awesome tutorials. I would love to see some of the mind blowing stuff from Bruce Cockburn like Wondering where the lions are, Foxglove, Sunwheel Dance, Sunrise on the Mississippi, All the Diamonds, Rouler Sa Bosse, Pacing the cage.... to name a few. Paul's skill and method would no doubt do justice to these stirring and challenging tunes.
Thanks Paul for everything. You are a great teacher, awesome player, and before everything a wonderful person. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. I would like to meet you in person one day.
Dropping in from 2023 it seems cute that you found reaching 300.000 subscribers AWESOME given you are deservedly on 3.16 million now. I love seeing the same passion and infectious enthusiasm has been there throughout. The editing and style has evolved perfectly. In this video the content is inspiring, but the jump cuts are jarring; in 2023 the videos are mellow and enticing like a warm bath. I just hope my abilities with the guitar evolve in the same manner.
If you like Dire Straits you should check out Mark Knopfler's newer stuff. Heart of Oak is a great fingerstyle song.
Discount Sean Connery th-cam.com/video/8y6IEM3Kz7Y/w-d-xo.html. You are welcome on my channel. I will upload guitar lessons soon.
Thank you for bringing this wonderful song into my life! Definitely going to add this one to the repertoire
big love sounds amazing! spent 2 full hours trying just to get the rhytm right but finally seeing the fruits of my practice
I still remember when I first heard Big Love by Fleetwood Mac, I listened to it on repeat for hours, it was totally mind dropping!
My favourite guitar channel... just looking through some past videos for inspiration, can’t wait to try some of these out! I love fingerpicking songs so much
I love that you included Tallest Man on Earth in here. I would love to hear you play more of him!
There are some great fingerstyle players out there, but I often find they get a bit samey after a while. One fingerstyle player whom I never seem to get bored of and, in my opinion, has one of the best right hands in the business, plus an amazing understanding of what the guitar can achieve, sometimes with the simplest of melodies is the mighty Bruce Cockburn. Combined with his peerless lyrics he remains one of the top singer songwriters on the planet, but also a truly consummate player. Thanks for such a great channel Paul. Your production values and playing are superb.
I love how you love John Mayer and call yourself a fan boy. You always include him on your lists. Makes my day!!
You play with such great beauty and feeling
Is that a new camera? Something looks really good, I just can't lay my finger on it
Yes! Sharp eye ;)
Jacob Park Nah that’s just Paul
“Just can’t lay my finger on it” Haha, I see what you did there... ;)
@@ZaneDalton ahaha cause guitar players have fingers
@@haydenharper4195 and the Martin D42 lol
Would love to see a video of you learning a song you don't know how to play. Would be nice to see what steps you take and see it all pan out.
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again is boss level fingerpicking
The fact that you played Fragile... Makes this awesome
Brilliant as always man. loved the "mind-dropping" song list!
Into the wild finger style simply drifts me away... 😊
Mooie belichting! Ziet er heel professioneel uit
I always get inspired to get of the couch and learn some songs when watching Paul's videos, amazing as always.
If you made a 10 hour mix of you playing various acoustic songs I would listen to that shit on like a daily.
Paul I just wanted to say I love your videos and instruction. You are straight forward about your playing and it's not hard to follow the songs you teach. Keep the videos coming because they are awesome.
Paul Davids, love your videos and your sound... can you make a video about your guitar collection?
My favorite Blues artist ever ( and forever) is Rory Gallagher. Well known for his battered strat energically played, he also played finger style: you may try "out on the western plain" country style at a fast tempo.
Once a john mayer fanboy, always a john mayer fanboy
Alejandre San Pedro th-cam.com/video/8y6IEM3Kz7Y/w-d-xo.html. You are welcome on my channel. I will upload guitar lessons soon.
yet his heart of life is slacky af ^^
@@halfajohn3233 upload your version so we can see if you can back up that loud mouth
Half A John it’s better than whatever you could do
XAVY MARTIN stop spamming everywhere dude
Watching three years after it came out and still one of my favorite top 10 lists!! 💜💜
God dAMN this channel blew up. Good work man!
I don't know what it is about his video in particular, but this may be the most professional video I have seen on your channel yet. Everything from the sound, the camera, and the song choices are all great and I loved the first video, but this was even better. Let's hope for a pt. 3?
"Mind dropping" 2:53
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Q&A
Hello from Mexico
Which guitar do you consider the best for beginners???
Electric and also acoustic
Congrats for the 300k
You make learning guitar so fucking fun.
Thanks Paul you have given so much to learn i am also a musician who want to built a carrier at late age though i have learnt learnt it in my teens. i can sense how much devotion you took to reach here. the family pressure who think of nothing about this and they know simple songs and some music.. ma be not in your case..the lonely practice for hours in room and make perfect and to make a video clip it is very troublesome..thanks for the lession and inspiration. artists inspire and get inspired and contribute in this field...thanks
OHHHH, DOO you know where you can find good tabs for Gavin James - Nervous, I absolutely love that song!
you probably found it by now but this is the closest one to the original that i found with all the little licks and details:
tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/gavin-james/nervous-tabs-2150291
but songs like these are most confusing with just tabs, really need to play around with fingerpicking within the chords, and gavin plays it a little different in his live videos
@@nomnomhaters3312 wow thank you. I will definitly check it out!
@@2.2.2.2. no problem :) practice the tabs first for the beginning loop then play along with 50 or 75% speed, it took me about a week to get it done, then another week or two to sing while playing... pretty difficult but im sure u'll master it! good luck!
Great compilation! Which one to start with... Takes me a couple of months to go through each one!
Hey Paul I was wondering if you could do a cover of "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me" by Hunter Hayes
Finally you post that one Paul ! Thanks you ! ( patron user who was really waiting for that video and kind of need it right know ) Marvin from Lille
The intro to "Angeles" or "Tomorrow Tomorrow" by Elliott Smith should be in the next one ! :)
Alexandre Philippe or somenody I used to know. Also a great one by Elliot smith
Angeles for sure has a genius melody behind it!
I added about half of these to the list of songs im going to learn. Thanks !
Aah you should do "in your atmosphere" by mayer
Love this. One small request, Paul could you please add the lists on the descriptions as well. Makes it easier to search the songs. Cheers!
When he played Eddie Vedder I start the mmmming, I just couldn't resist
ur voice is so soothing
Pt 3!!!
Paul Davids, please do a video of 'Peace Like a River' by Paul Simon. Some awesome finger picking style and a beautiful tune.
Beginner in theory here. I think the first song goes like this: G, Bm, Faug, C/E, C, G, D, Dsus2 (I, ii, VII+, IV(6), I, V, Vsus2)
Close. The Faug should be either G7/F or a sort of F6sus2.
Nice, thanks! Learning a lot from your videos.
@@richardbekking As a real beginner this is some fucking elvish. :x
Love that nervous song. Absolutely gorgeous flush sounding notes
What was your first guitar and what is your favorite guitar?
Neusaap 96 First Guitar he play is Martin D42 :D
Wooo amazing! I was happy when I got my Ephiphone...
I think he said it was a squier affinity strat in his 250 vs 7000 dollar rig video
You have seriously inspired me i have been in a rut for so long this video really helps me thank you ;)
Into the wild Best movie
Tallest man on earth, suchan amazing artist! He got me into fingerstyle. I love the song "on every page". I cant play wonderwall, but hell can i jam that tune😍
Don McLean-Vincent
beautiful tops paul!! continue with this type of videos!! congratulations to the 300.000 subscribers!! Good work
Boxer starts playing
Me: I am just a poor boy
Everything about this guy is a class.
Thank you for teaching us guitar in your spare time Connor McGregor. :)
He makes it look soooo simple…….but we all know better. Go Paul!
Like everything else good, music is truly a gift from God!
fingerstyle songs like this make me feel so nostalgic. i dont even know why, they just do.
Yess!! John mayer!!
Always a great style. And nice backround this time
"once a fanboy..." *nods head*
Man, I really wish I could be taught by you! It would be so awesome to get physical lessons from you! 💖
@@lenschendary Physical lessons man? I thought you were talking about guitar.
I've been on Vedder's "Guaranteed" for several weeks now. Yes, chord transitions are awkward, but I can now play them comfortably without even looking at the fret-board. The hardest part is to play it as fast as the original recording, which is at around 99 BPM. I can play upto about 90 BPM, but from there on it starts to get choppy, with me randomly missing strings here and there. It's like trying to run faster than my legs can go.
I fell asleep, don’t take offense, it’s just extremely soothing
big love... this thing I've been searching without knowing the name for almost n year...thanks man..its really an electrifying one with some changes
4:50 Holy shit its "Let her go"
for me its more like taylor swift's song I dunno the title haha
just googled it, the title was safe and sound hehe
Meriot100 th-cam.com/video/8y6IEM3Kz7Y/w-d-xo.html. You are welcome on my channel. I will upload guitar lessons soon.
Very old song Mark Knopfler does is "privateering" from the album of that name, awesome old song arranged beautifully and easy to play:)
I'm always amaze if i watched your video, and my heart said " I want like he, look at he, he so talented, have nice guitar " How about me..
And by the way, i think you have a new camera.
Do you are have English?
@@troyadtler45 Clearly their first language isn’t English. Don’t be an ass about it, they were just trying to express how they appreciate Paul
Thanks for the Wilco. That's one of my favorites songs and I love that guitar part.
Didn't know connor mcgregor is this good with guitar