Andy McKee - Africa

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  • @XoxJasonReynoldsxoX
    @XoxJasonReynoldsxoX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    Went to school with andy at washburn rural 93-96. He was killer back then. He played hendrix at the battle of the bands in 95 and was spot on. Even back then I never saw him without a guitar on his shoulder; no matter the time or place. Cool guy, down to earth, quiet.

    • @MissChiefs420
      @MissChiefs420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love him dude. Grew up watching this with my dad

    • @ayotadhiambo
      @ayotadhiambo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's taken him quite a long time to perfect his guitar playing skills... Indeed, great things take time...

    • @stageprojrc
      @stageprojrc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jason he inspired me... i went on to tour for years out of Texas and Nashville. Graduated WRHS class of 99’ James Croucher

    • @durley2067
      @durley2067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh

    • @AmyGeist-fd1xb
      @AmyGeist-fd1xb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      MUSIC SO MELLOW

  • @diegofarraces5295
    @diegofarraces5295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    when I had my firt computer at 12 years old, I looked "guitar" in TH-cam and you were the first video that I see in internet in my life, you played this song, sorry for my english but I wanted say that, you are very nostalgic for me, you are part of my remembers.

  • @Prakashed
    @Prakashed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Massive Fan of Andy McKee. Hope he gets the recognition and accolades he truly deserves.

  • @bobbyhabib2827
    @bobbyhabib2827 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This man is a complete orchestra. Very touching and relaxing. A gifted person.

  • @la1ce
    @la1ce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love it, how this guy just sit there with only one guitar behind a mic, not saying a word, but you see the thousands of hours of practicing and writing in this. Andy's performance absolutely blows my mind every damn time. I'm playing guitar for a couple of years now, but I can't play correctly more than half of his riffs.

  • @airhorn2111
    @airhorn2111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    He just played an entire band's worth of song on one instrument. We need to cut the crap with whoever's on the radio and give this man the appreciation and respect he deserves.

  • @geera.dasilva
    @geera.dasilva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Who still trippin in 2020?!? This guy is so magic 🙏🏻

    • @sylvestre.rawminey
      @sylvestre.rawminey 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still do !

    • @benoitbocage3813
      @benoitbocage3813 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dear guitare, i would be on her place ! Chère guitare, j'aimerais être à sa place.

    • @RECTALBURRITO
      @RECTALBURRITO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oooh yeah, you know it.

    • @TheShadow-we2fs
      @TheShadow-we2fs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      2021 :D

    • @replicated
      @replicated 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i farded in my pant and tehm stimnk is real bads plz hlep i think i shid

  • @adayatatyme
    @adayatatyme 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kudos to Jeff Porcaro and Toto for writing such a lovely piece, which Andy personalized so well! Great job Andy!

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a big fan of all guitar virtuosos like Andy here who investigates the fret board and utilizes it to his best advantage. Cool!

  • @seboOoOOstien
    @seboOoOOstien 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    After 10 years . Still incredible to listen

    • @Blinkers2007GameDev
      @Blinkers2007GameDev 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It reminds me that there is still hope in the world. It's not too late

  • @marissasharp9892
    @marissasharp9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love the original version of this, and absolutely love Andy’s cover of this! How he does all the sounds…melody, harmony, beat…just amazing! I’ve enjoyed his music for the past 12 years. Brings me peace. God bless! And God bless the rains in Africa! ❤

  • @indubualisticism123
    @indubualisticism123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I seen this a few years ago, still amazing. People like this are the ones who should be famous...

  • @LordTimothious
    @LordTimothious 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You can feel the emotion in this, hell you can see it. The way he bows his head and sways his body while playing. That my friends is something all true musicians do. When you play something so beautiful and you have that mental connection between you and the music. The feeling of goosebumps all over you and the feeling of overwhelming emotion. Its something everyone needs in life.

    • @lawrencefitton2927
      @lawrencefitton2927 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed. i have found that feeling on my guitar. but like another comment read - andy makes me wanna give up guitar. he's that good and i know i never will be.

    • @JaimeMesChiens
      @JaimeMesChiens ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes.
      It becomes your pulse.

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s the unintentional part of living in the moment. Caught up in a musical trance that only a player can relate to.
      I will never be a great guitar player and I am good with it but it doesn’t stop me from trying, enjoying, learning and supporting musicians.❤🎸

  • @LorraineIwakashdan
    @LorraineIwakashdan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw this guy live in Canterbury. Not an experience you could ever forget! Years later I was able to make a connection with a friend over having seen and liked this same guy. We are now married. Came here to reminisce with my current husband. Thanks Andy!

  • @NickNeblo
    @NickNeblo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's the Hendrix of modern fingerpicking, so many have took inspiration from him

  • @FansSports
    @FansSports 9 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    He makes me want to give up my job, and devote my time to my guitar!!!

    • @ufera
      @ufera 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      FansSports he makes me want to quit my guitar and devote my time to my work.....

    • @MrAndorox
      @MrAndorox 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ufera guitar skill takes a lot of work smh -.-

    • @ufera
      @ufera 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Ando Erazo I know bro , a L O T of devotion. cheers.

    • @FansSports
      @FansSports 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ufera It sure does, I've almost completed "For My Father" by Andy Mckee, an it has taken true devotion. My is ready to throw me an the song out the window :/

    • @ΘοδωρήςΜπελεγρής-β6υ
      @ΘοδωρήςΜπελεγρής-β6υ 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think that in order to reach his level and play every song so easily and calm u need about 15-20 years

  • @natas5061
    @natas5061 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    After the loss of a baby and a person crashing a truck into my house trying to hurt my son and i all in one year I'm realizing I might have a little PTSD.hard for a man to admit .his music makes me calm and not internalize.very powerful.ty andy

    • @ididgt4259
      @ididgt4259 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holy shit. What kind of mafia did you join/quit?

    • @Kornhulio18
      @Kornhulio18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a little PTSD

  • @G31mR
    @G31mR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Timeless.

  • @r3b3lvegan89
    @r3b3lvegan89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First heard Andy when my friend Noah showed me him in 2003ish and nearly 20 years later he’s still one of the GOATs of guitar playing. Much love

  • @danjmcs
    @danjmcs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just SO great... first time i saw Andy perform this live was opening for Dream Theater a few years back... just sat there mesmerized enjoying a beer... been a fan and listener ever since!

  • @thetruereality2
    @thetruereality2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how he enjoys playing that guitar. He seems to be loving it so much that he must have been compelled to practice and be with that skill and he is able to make it so seamless right now it's truly wonderful and inspiring

  • @qsauvage
    @qsauvage 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's so much energy Andy McKee provides through his music, truly incredible

  • @christinazaccone9884
    @christinazaccone9884 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a beautiful guitar. Love the frets.

  • @j-macks1512
    @j-macks1512 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    i admire admy mckee for not only his skill and knowledge of the guitar but his courage to matket something original and creative. i live in a city that loves country and pop music and i have to say, from what ive seen of underground Peterborough Ontario Andy McKee would be welcome with open arms. Please come to Peterborough, Ontario Canada!!!!!!

  • @johncraig2623
    @johncraig2623 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your innovative techniques and style never fails to just grab me--in thr best way!

  • @JMWrites
    @JMWrites 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Had the greatest privilege of getting to see this live just over two years ago, such a great guy and such an awe-inspiring musician! And what an awesome cover!

  • @더더-y7p
    @더더-y7p 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    정말...대단...!!.단 한명이 연주하는 기타하나로 toto의 africa가 이정도까지 표현되다니 귀가 호강하네요

  • @HawkeyeCamoCountry
    @HawkeyeCamoCountry 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely amazing, I can honestly sit here for hours and listen to Andy play. It's so unique and he executes every note so perfectly. What a talent. I'll never be able to achieve the level of guitar/musicianship as this man has achieved thus far in his life.

  • @rwbullock4197
    @rwbullock4197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video..... I was wondering where Andy has been......I was worried for him 😥....His Recent video told us he was touring with PRINCE!! I am not kidding (April 1)

  • @granitePillar
    @granitePillar 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nzuri sana!
    Hakika wewe ni bwana wa muziki.
    I have been to the plains of Africa and Kilimanjaro - what a beautiful place.........
    Asante sana bwana!!

  • @nessmusic5508
    @nessmusic5508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stunning rendition, not only played beautifully but with real passion and feel as well, wow!! Wonder what the guitar make and model are, amazing!!

  • @GiordanoBrunoful
    @GiordanoBrunoful 11 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    let's buy this guy's CDs so that he can continue to make great music

    • @exoticfrog
      @exoticfrog 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      5 years on, and still relishing the serenity Andy brings to me

  • @bunny-jayfalwasser4404
    @bunny-jayfalwasser4404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saw this for the first time about 13 years ago and I may even had to watch it using dial up internet....times were tough back then

    • @Tejvir7
      @Tejvir7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea sure

  • @UltraViolent21
    @UltraViolent21 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He has been a big influence in my 25 year guitar journey.

  • @MP5..
    @MP5.. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw Andy perform this in Philly a few months after he released it on youtube. Small setting, maybe 20 of us in the audience. He was so proud when he introduced this song, but I was only interested in his originals. Got up to use the bathroom and he stopped his intro to ask me to sit back down. The audience laughed. I still walked to the bathroom

  • @Zombiewaster215
    @Zombiewaster215 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    there's something you don't see every day:Talent.

  • @SuttonSantiniPaulo
    @SuttonSantiniPaulo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    this fuckin guy

  • @jorgerodriguezcampos9221
    @jorgerodriguezcampos9221 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I loved your guitar ... I had never seen anything like
    Greetings from Santiago, Chile

    • @wardob
      @wardob 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greenfield G4.2 Custom Fan Fret Acoustic

  • @Mhaslim
    @Mhaslim ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of the most talented human beings I have ever seen. Why am I just seeing this???

  • @Parzifal81
    @Parzifal81 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love that chorus arrangement.

  • @alexanderkaiser2855
    @alexanderkaiser2855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How can you dislike this?!?
    I love it 🤩

  • @The.HarroweD
    @The.HarroweD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you SO much for making this video. I swear 1 million of those views are from me, and I still get goosebumps every time you hit the chorus and start the heavier strumming. It's helped me through some shit, so just, thank you.

  • @akhillong4068
    @akhillong4068 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2041

    Step 1: learn guitar
    Step 2: watch Andy do this cover
    Step 3: look up song tab
    Step 4: smash guitar in frustration
    Step 5: quit guitar
    Step 6: go to law school

    • @longvo2166
      @longvo2166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      R Channe almost get there :)) haha

    • @Mrnono1313
      @Mrnono1313 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      R Channe That's it! your comment is funny coz' that's exactly what i feel when i look this vid....
      I'm now in law school lol!

    • @rustyshakleford1482
      @rustyshakleford1482 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      R Channe Step-1: Stop listening to michael jackson and rapper snoop dog buttfuker or whatever, so you can begin to get an idea of what REAL musician sounds like.
      Step-2: Realize that guys like Andy McKee can be found anywhere.
      Step-3: Realize that the Worlds most skilled musicians usually have a masters degree and are over 50 years old.
      Step-4: Realize that to be a great musician you first have to learn what it is your listening to.
      Step-5: Realize that none of the great musicians play cover tunes. None of them sing because they don't need lyrics to sell their music.
      Step-6: Realize that not everyone is cut out to be a musician and should go to law school.

    • @fatback-backpack3125
      @fatback-backpack3125 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      R Channe yea that about sums it up.

    • @EightMilesHigh1966
      @EightMilesHigh1966 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Currently on step 3, hope I never make it to step 4

  • @thebronzeage23
    @thebronzeage23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just the way he plays the guitar, with such ease. It’s like part of his body that he can happily control like a hand or a foot. He really sinks into the song and dives into every note. You are truly incredible

  • @dsee1774
    @dsee1774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Pure Talent and perspiration!

  • @SuperRuiPacheco
    @SuperRuiPacheco 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I first heard this a few years ago, when I was about 15/16, and hearing it now, just brings me manly tears. Thank you sir, for the amazing music and the way it touches me. :)

  • @renatocoelho88
    @renatocoelho88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Muito bom. Essa música merecia uma versão como essa.

  • @Lasse3
    @Lasse3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Watch that Guitar ! !! look at the frets ! the bars have been " warped " i have never seen a guitar neck like that before ! :D

    • @trajceiiievski7989
      @trajceiiievski7989 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leland Sklar, probably the best session bass player is also using custom guitar with that kind of frets

    • @harrisonmoore8190
      @harrisonmoore8190 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's a fanned fret guitar from Greenfield guitars.

    • @Lasse3
      @Lasse3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harrison Moore for a moment i thought the Camera had a wide eye lens or something :D

    • @CoDisafishy
      @CoDisafishy 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trajce Iiievski They kind of resemble dingwall basses as well.

    • @HorridFroth
      @HorridFroth 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fanned fret guitars have better intonation when doing altered tunings

  • @dahliaday17
    @dahliaday17 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    the beauty in the vocals are in the high strings. Especially in the chorus!

  • @claytonmarkin7863
    @claytonmarkin7863 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this live last week, hes gotten even better at it, sounds incredible, plus hes walking around the stage and laughing the whole time. Best show I've ever been to.

  • @IknowIamkindagreat
    @IknowIamkindagreat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I broke my fingers trying to play along.

    • @mishali9358
      @mishali9358 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      i broke my play trying to guitar along

    • @xpirate16
      @xpirate16 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Set the speed at 2 for Expert Mode

    • @DrDonnie
      @DrDonnie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I broke my feet trying to play along

  • @verydirtyflow
    @verydirtyflow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    was that guitar made by escher?

    • @ledmandlin
      @ledmandlin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +verydirtyflow fan-fretted Greenfield

    • @verydirtyflow
      @verydirtyflow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +ledmandlin it was eh, kinda a rhetorical joke question to be fair but you crack on son!

    • @heymikeyh9577
      @heymikeyh9577 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      verydirtyflow… and if it had a True Temperament fingerboard would that mean it was made by Dali? ;-)

    • @wardob
      @wardob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greenfield G4.2 Custom Fan Fret Acoustic

  • @jasobres
    @jasobres 8 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Watch at 1.25 speed to hear the song closer to the original tempo.

  • @garrettestep4157
    @garrettestep4157 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Phenomenal, two solo guitarists come together to rep their style of playing and compliment eachother wonderfully. Thank you

  • @Luality
    @Luality ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my favorite version of this song since more than a decade!

  • @unnotigeswissen9018
    @unnotigeswissen9018 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tbh I just love the beginning .. :)

  • @tianbasureta8186
    @tianbasureta8186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    NOVEMBER 2019 WHO ELSE?

  • @AdnyWrackin
    @AdnyWrackin 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I heard that Toto did a cover of this song

  • @BadAxeReturns
    @BadAxeReturns 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quite literally the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my life.

  • @peternemeth1777
    @peternemeth1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The strumming part is so beautiful and powerful. It makes me teary.

  • @biggin92191
    @biggin92191 8 ปีที่แล้ว +966

    I'm convinced there are people who just go around youtube disliking videos.

    • @Tobinicus
      @Tobinicus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      We call those people trolls

    • @tdcsguy
      @tdcsguy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      currently there are 248 dislikes in 2.9 million views, that's 0.008%. If you just look at the proportion of people who actually liked or disliked the video it's 1.53%. I'd say that's as good as it gets on youtube :D

    • @kevindanielturcios4465
      @kevindanielturcios4465 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same

    • @IknowIamkindagreat
      @IknowIamkindagreat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well said. Some people take great joy in trying to milk the pleasure out of things genuine people really enjoy. Trick is we just can't let me. Feel bad, they are probably sad and lonely.

    • @bublik11
      @bublik11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      probably also treid to play like him and failed miserably and disliked. low lifes

  • @isaacemanuel5104
    @isaacemanuel5104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who still trippin in 2021
    ?!? This guy is so magic 🙏🏻

  • @shelbycobra429
    @shelbycobra429 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are my eyes wrong or there's something different and twisted on that fretboard. What they did to it?

    • @rspl2000
      @rspl2000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Marvin Crespo They are called fanned frets. Some say they feel more natural to the hands and improve intonation.

    • @shelbycobra429
      @shelbycobra429 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +rspl2000 Thanks for the information. Never heard of it before. Music is an amazing endless field.

    • @Nihilish
      @Nihilish 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +rspl2000 Also called multiscale. Because the treble side of the neck has a smaller scale than the bass side. Meaning that the low strings will have more bass response without adding tension on the higher strings.

    • @saint-cetacean
      @saint-cetacean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (late comment but) fanned frets also help with dropped tunings. The longer scale length on the bass strings allows you to tune them down without getting the same amount of "floppiness" that you would get otherwise.

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      rspl2000 Nothing to do with intonation, you're thinking of true temperament frets, which are wavy to accommodate the different string gauges. Multi scale is to get a more even tension and thickness between strings.

  • @redskullz124
    @redskullz124 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The kind that bends the reality and the space-time continuum with its awesomeness.

  • @HeavyZeppelin68
    @HeavyZeppelin68 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just saw him perform this last night... and it's even better live! Go see him live. You will not regret it.

  • @aphrodites
    @aphrodites 8 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    okay i'm an idiot because i was waiting for him to sing

    • @burrbonus
      @burrbonus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      My search for an honest person can stop here.

    • @jackfrost187
      @jackfrost187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and a wild millennial appears.

    • @BillSr.
      @BillSr. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who needs words? Besides who don't know the words to this great song? But I will admit.. I did too.
      😁

    • @richbailey8174
      @richbailey8174 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does.....:)....you are not listening close enough

  • @zirjayvillanueva8876
    @zirjayvillanueva8876 9 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I would happily lose my hair if that's what it would take to be as good as andy

  • @Quietasad
    @Quietasad 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    check out Mike Masse's cover. amazing

    • @FanFilms101
      @FanFilms101 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      THANKS. I just looked it up and liked it.

  • @diaet
    @diaet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Calling that would be understatement of the century. Wow.

  • @ashleygreenaway6312
    @ashleygreenaway6312 ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean, the whole thing is incredible, but the thing that really stands out for me is how controlled his fadeout is at the end. It takes a whole lot more skill than non-guitarists would realise.

  • @HOXHOXHOX
    @HOXHOXHOX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what is wrong with that guitar's frets?

    • @wannabuysomecrack
      @wannabuysomecrack 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      nothing is wrong with them, they're called fanned frets.

    • @HOXHOXHOX
      @HOXHOXHOX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wannabuysomecrack thanks, i didn't know about them.

    • @littlewing90
      @littlewing90 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fanned frets

    • @Zahiimchen
      @Zahiimchen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're gay.

  • @Goshoonkeys
    @Goshoonkeys 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    he must be fun at partys

    • @motorvenom7113
      @motorvenom7113 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait what? That remark began as a really sarcastic insult to people who are total buzzkill. I'm confused.

    • @Goshoonkeys
      @Goshoonkeys 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i meant it in a positive way bruh

  • @NoThankYouThough
    @NoThankYouThough 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I want to do this.

    • @NoThankYouThough
      @NoThankYouThough 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can with my voice but not my fingers.

  • @romainmoreau8705
    @romainmoreau8705 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ce mec me laisse des frissons sur chacun de ses titres. Merci pour toute l'émotion que vous transmettez Mr McKee !!! / This guy gives me chills each of its tracks. Thank you for all the emotion you send Mr McKee!

  • @LaxMediaVideos
    @LaxMediaVideos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Appreciate the acoustic recording quality of your excellent virtuoso performance.

  • @nocab28
    @nocab28 11 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Go home frets you're drunk.

    • @Brendanfarr29
      @Brendanfarr29 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i have trouble believing frets can metabolise alcohol?

    • @D0g63rt
      @D0g63rt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So you're not a fan of those?

    • @ACat-pm8kx
      @ACat-pm8kx 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      nocab28 pmfsl 👍🏼😂

  • @SeanNaderi123
    @SeanNaderi123 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I honestly don't understand how someone could watch this, and not just think oh this isn't my thing really and move onto a different video, but to actually actively show dislike by pressing a thumbs down! Some people... I'd like to see the 111 idiots who dislike this video give this a shot!

    • @にこ-c7l
      @にこ-c7l 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sean Naderi Lol so people can't dislike something they can't do

  • @LeonRFpoa
    @LeonRFpoa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    that's like a 20,000 dollar guitar and a 3000 dollar mike.

    • @Majis
      @Majis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Who is Mike?

    • @JordanNexhip
      @JordanNexhip 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ***** I shouldn't be laughing at this

    • @manamiemyr
      @manamiemyr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LeonRFpoa what that skill, he deserves it.

    • @eohybernede1649
      @eohybernede1649 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LeonRFpoa thats irellevant the sounds clearer but he could still play that song a piece of shit guitar

    • @LeonRFpoa
      @LeonRFpoa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eohy Bernadede Just saying that's one hell of a guitar.

  • @AimingWanderously
    @AimingWanderously 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could hear the vocals coming through with the rhythm as he played. Now that's a good player who can do that.

  • @danielbarr4630
    @danielbarr4630 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frikkin awesome!!!!!!! Mad skills! Cant see how 258 people dont like this. Wish they would explain.

  • @inspector-dre
    @inspector-dre 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I want to play again....guitar

    • @joejohanes2372
      @joejohanes2372 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gw kira ente yg playing guitar bro....sepintad sama sih...

    • @inspector-dre
      @inspector-dre 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wuakakakakak... atasnya mirip ya broo

    • @TumbleDwarf
      @TumbleDwarf 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I'm closer to giving up guitar after watching this...

    • @MrSgarnev
      @MrSgarnev 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TumbleDwarf Make it a reason to learn, than to give up mate :))) Music is not a competition anyways :))) So don't give up, maybe you won't be able to play like him, but he won't be able to play like you as well :)))))

    • @TumbleDwarf
      @TumbleDwarf 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simeon Garnev Thank you!! :)))

  • @mosj9876
    @mosj9876 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    needs more cowbell!

  • @TR-kg7lh
    @TR-kg7lh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I heard Toto covered this song. It's not as good as the original, here.

  • @parkourislife123
    @parkourislife123 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i would love to meet you someday mr mckee i know you wont see this post but you are truly my idol you started me on guitar you have kept me going you are my biggest inspiration !

  • @michaeljr8036
    @michaeljr8036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been listening to this guy since I was like 15 or 16. He's still as amazing as when I first heard him!

  • @ijirving
    @ijirving 9 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I'll probably get roasted for even trying to criticize this, but I thought the chorus was kinda bleh. It felt too washed out and unless you were listening carefully it was hard to distinguish root notes, which are more prominent in the original song.

    • @Unholy_Mango
      @Unholy_Mango 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I can see where you're coming from. Unfortunately it's the nature of a guitar with the dramatically extended string length, heavy gauge strings and low tuning. Notes get washed out in chords. There also isn't much he can do to avoid that, that was his option for exhibiting the strength of the chorus compared to the rest of the song.

    • @Unholy_Mango
      @Unholy_Mango 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Awesome Sauce what are you even on about

    • @scottvandiver5209
      @scottvandiver5209 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +ijirving You're completely right my friend. Not to diminish or detract from what he's done here, because it's friggin' amazing -- but I did find the chorus was a little too... well, it was just WAY too much. I would have preferred a more minimalist interpretation.

    • @Gherodolille
      @Gherodolille 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ijirving Although I agree I still think this version kicks the originals ass..

    • @ACESTRUTTER
      @ACESTRUTTER 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +ijirving I think you hit the nail on the head....It is a great song, but the chorus was tough to grasp unlike the original version....

  • @James-ef1zs
    @James-ef1zs 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the first time I've seen guitar frets arranged in angles before. Cool.

  • @chrisstanford3652
    @chrisstanford3652 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    🐃🦏🦓🐘🦛 🦁🦒An acoustic arrangement that truly captures the essence, emotion and power of a classic 80’s song 🤗🤗🤗

  • @antidepressant11
    @antidepressant11 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never thought strumming could sound so good.

  • @Anthonyylombardo
    @Anthonyylombardo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty cool how the fret board is angled. must be why this piece is so great!

  • @Blinkers2007GameDev
    @Blinkers2007GameDev 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved this cover. Just fantastic. I am so thrilled to have discovered this song

  • @garnerjoyce606
    @garnerjoyce606 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could listen all day, amazing music and songs that I don't know how to express how I feel. Closest to amazing relief, from the troubles and struggles we all face. Thank you

  • @enantiodromia
    @enantiodromia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have just come here from Kent Nishimura's fingerstyle rendition of this song. And although I recognize the technical prowess that Mr. McKee displays here, I cannot help by really being impressed by Mr. Nishimura.

  • @DanRussell14
    @DanRussell14 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beauty Greenfield guitar! Michael is a true artist!

  • @NefariousTV
    @NefariousTV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember watching these videos in my room 15 years ago just wishing I could play like this one day. Some of the most nostalgic experiences I've had in a while revisiting this. You will always be my biggest inspiration musically man. Thank you for that!
    Also my wife and I saw you in Berkley with Antoine and Don like 10 years ago and I will never forget I was taking a piss in between Don and Antoines set and you walked up in the stall next to me and all I could think was "I'm pissing next to Andy McKee.... wtf..." 😂

  • @jackkanovysac4998
    @jackkanovysac4998 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    saw you live at rose music hall in columbia, mo. you stood while the entire venue waited in line to buy merch and shake your hand, one of the best shows i've ever been to.

  • @yourcaseworker6916
    @yourcaseworker6916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *TRULY MAD SKILL* ...I,'d like to see this live...Sounds best with headphones cranked to 11.

  • @GuitarMaster10011
    @GuitarMaster10011 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Andy this week at Guitar Workshop Plus in Oakville, Ontario Canada and I got to meet him after his performance. Really nice guy and a great musician. I`m not a huge fan of the original version of this song but this version just gives me chills down my spine...especially the chorus.

  • @bffw88
    @bffw88 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Now that is talent, he is awesome!

  • @stevechastain3656
    @stevechastain3656 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just watched him do this with Tommy at guitar camp. Awe inspiring!