Forbidden City - Marty Friedman (cover) by vaggelis papadopoulos

while i have a few videos on my facebook page this is my first video on you tube and i wanted to prepare something special.I found a backing track made from Oh Nitsuj (which i can t praise enough for making an exellent work) and i modded to fit in my standard tuning and i recorded from scratch all guitars you see on this videos even the acoustic part in the beginning.The video has a minor lag and brightness differentiation in some parts and a couple video-audio accuracy mistakes.I hope you enjoy it ,like it, and share.
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Special thanks to my friend Dino Navarino for making the nodes on this video and you can check his work on his official youtube channel:
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[@FrancescoFareri]

GREAT cover! one of my favourite song!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Francesco its a great honor to take compliment from a great musician like you!!!Thank you very much and greetings from greece!!\m/

[@AdiAdi-bf6sj]

Dude that tone is pretty damn close to marty's, well done man

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much adi!!!\m/

[@manosgeorgoudakis6111]

A very demanding technical and melodic song. You totally nailed it! Well done. Sure it worth all the work and effort you put in it.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much manos!!

[@Liloulalalala]

this is an amazing cover, i have no words, the tone, the accuracy it's amazing

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much for your kind words!!!

[@ed.guitar]

Amazing amazing cover !!! The best of youtube, congratulations ... a lot of envy of the good.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much edgar!!!\m/

[@ed.guitar]

65/5000
I could get a part of the topic .... I have to keep working ... th-cam.com/video/GFJvr50pVaQ/w-d-xo.html

[@z.y592]

Forbidden city is my favorite guitar music for sure and you literally sounded it as perfect as him, thank you for this masterpiece...

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much for your kind words!!I appreciate!!

[@Jay-dj4co]

I made this youtube account so I could comment on how bad ass this version is! Also thanks for all the split screens, I love seeing those harmonies visually. What an epic journey.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

I cant thank you enough for your kind words jay!!I really apreciate and thank you for the support!if ever come to Greece beers are on me!! :) \m/

[@saudek2001]

This epic song is still one of the best covers even after six years. Much love from Turkey❤

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Teşekkür ederim Baris and love from Greece!!\m/

[@johnny_belmont]

Man, I can´t even begin to tell you how great this was. This is my all-time favorite song and one I´ve been trying to learn to play for years. Great freakin job!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you so so much johny!!patience and all is possible!!\m/

[@Badchi]

Me too! I started trying to play it long before there were any proper tabs or notes on the internet, learning bits and pieces from different places. I think I was able to play like 60-70% of it in the end. I quit playing guitar altogether in the end though...

[@waltervicencio578]

I can not believe they could make such a well-made cover of this song. From start to finish it is an excellent interpretation. I searched the internet for Marty interpreting it but I only found videos of the first minutes. Thank you for allowing us to see how this artwork that is Forbidden City is played. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Chile

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much walter for your kind words!! :)

[@johnny_belmont]

Exacto! The same here. Ive searched far and wide only to get those first minute videos

[@buckbreaker5185]

Dude, WOW. Instant sub, what a wild song to cover. Marty would be very proud

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much buddy!!\m/

[@bahadirturan3233]

Marty should check this out. Great cover.. long live neighbor..

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you so much for your kind words neighbor!! :)

[@pq2960]

copy paste to martys social if u can m8 this guy deserves just marty listen to him!!!

[@jamiebones3419]

WOW! AMAZING. This is the best cover of any song ever.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much jamie!!!

[@gutkill13]

This is great. Way more Legato than I thought that makes me think I could probably pull this off. Love the whole album Dragons Kiss.
Well done man. Great work

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!Of course you can!IAnd you will enjoy it so much playing it!I learned so much covering marty s style.And yes dragons kiss is a phenomenal album!

[@dorotatylkowska4607]

An amazing feast for ears and soul.BEAUTIFUL💜

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you!

[@mikematics]

You are amazing! Thanks for all the work with this impressive video. It's so unreal for me to see a real human playing this after 25 years listening to the album.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you so much for your kind words mike!!Amazing album indeed and compositions beyond this word!!Greetings from Greece and again thank you very much for checking my cover!!\m/

[@andrerisso8942]

Oh my God! Amazing! Congratulations! One of my favourite song from him... Great sound!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much MA for your kind words!!😊

[@imampitoyo8223]

awsome .... perfect cover...

[@chalambro]

Outstanding! Perfect.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much for your comment and your subscription chalabro!!\m/

[@MartyMcflyWorld]

Πω πω! Τι έκανες εδώ, ρε φίλε?? Πςςςς! Έπεσε το σαγόνι στο πατωμα! 1000 μπράβο! Το cover αυτό είναι άθλος! Respect!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Ευχαριστώ για τα καλά σου λόγια Marty!!Να σαι καλά!!

[@evaaor]

wow... sounds genial.....
great to hear it by night in darkness... bravo

[@ohadellert6319]

Wow I'm speechless! No doubt you got the touch. Lots of love!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Ohad!!i really apreciate your kind words!!\m/

[@guitarandcalisthenics9751]

Great cover man.... One of my favourite

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much buddy!!\m/

[@bagofcrime1772]

I haven’t heard this song in a while
Great cover, had me in tears the whole time

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much for your kind words Mikel!!\m/

[@edwvarma]

That was awesome man!! Congrats 🤘😎👍

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Drawde!! \m/

[@simiousgenious7703]

Man I'm trying to learn this song and is damn difficult and you make it so easy!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Patience is the key and practice my friend!I hope my video helps a little to find positions in fretboard and notes!!Thank you for checking out!!\m/

[@simiousgenious7703]

@@VaggelisPapadopoulos of course it helps!

[@GusaRoli]

The best cover of all time!!! Not just for this song... it's a huge job, thanks a lot!!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much for your kind words!! :)

[@katan_mp]

This is the best cover of this song on TH-cam, 7 months ago I did a cover of the part of forbidden city, but I think i wasn't ready for it, even if it is my favorite song. So yes, I haven't seen a better cover. Great job.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much my friend!!!no one is ready for this masterpiece but with a little patience and efford all can be done!!! :).keep on rocking!!!\m/

[@Nirsterkur]

Amazing cover of an Amazing song! Marty would be proud to see this!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Nirmal!

[@johnny_belmont]

That’s so cool man!! This is my favorite music of all time, and it was amazing to see you playing it. 👌🤘👊

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much JP!!

[@MCENTRAL8G]

Incredible. It blew my mind. Keep up the good work!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much my friend!!!\m/

[@duquesneeric]

Juste.... formidable! Bravo monsieur 🤟🎸

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much eric and greetings from greece!! \m/

[@shengquanliang]

well done! tears dropping

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much gary!!!

[@DarkKnight4533]

In the 8 years I've played guitar I've never seen a cover this great of song. I genuinely thought you were one of those that just played to the sound of the original song, but this is 100% you, the original song is not being used for this at all. Incredible!! This is what all guitar players are striving for when covering a song seriously

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you so so much for your kind words Joseph!!Really means so much for me when these words come from a fellow musician or better a brother in arms!!again thank you very much!😊🤘

[@Rex-dk1rx]

Brilliant wish I had your backing track would have a crack at one of the guitars but not all four or five. But you played all of them respect were respect is due. You nailed this classic. Which I used to listen to in 1989 on the guitar masters album.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Rex for your kind words.Unfortunately backing track is dusting somewhere since the video is old.If i find it i let you know. \m/

[@darklordguitarplayer]

Wow! Very well done!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!

[@Metalhead980]

that intro is amazing

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Indeed!!Marty is a musical genius!!Thanks for checking out my cover!

[@Metalhead980]

@@VaggelisPapadopoulos man, the tone is on point aswell keep it up!

[@mobiusvoid347]

Damn dude. One of my favorite tracks of all time and you nailed it! Nice one

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Jonathan!!

[@okthanxbye]

true dat. it was plenty good!

[@PeopleLetMe]

This is such a great cover! Well done!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!

[@kastryotanepos3580]

@@VaggelisPapadopoulos γεια σου ρε φιλε ,καταρχην συνχαρητιρια για επιλογη του καβερ ειναι απο τα πιο epic στην ιστορια της χαρντ ροκ , ειδικα το forbbiden city - marty fridman !!βλεπω εισε πορωμενος με την thrash metal ,και γω ψαχνομε εκει και εχω καποια ανεκπληρωτα ονειρα και θα θελα να σου εκφρασω τις καλλιτεχνικες μου ανυσηχειες , δεν εχω ι μειλ , αν σου εινε ευκολο γινετε απο messager ; να σε καλα .

[@nicwilson89]

Man you really nailed the 'feel' of Marty. It's one thing to just play something, but to properly nail what makes that person individual and unique in their playing is another thing. Amazing cover :D

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Nic for your kind words! :) \m/

[@metal_maniac3194]

Dude that was fantastic such a great song and you played it with complete perfection bro🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much metal brother!!\m/

[@ogemig]

Just amazing man.. best forbidden city cover so far

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much my friend!!!\m/

[@trevorbender2307]

Fantastic job!! Cheers!!🤘☢🤘

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Trevor!!\m/

[@Gameplays-DvdFortoul]

Excellent bro! Good look!!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much bro!

[@gandalf9526]

That was awesome. Great job

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Gandalf!!\m/

[@robblack]

This great stuff, man really enjoying your videos!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much rob!!!

[@cooper3661]

This is amazing.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!

[@zepperfox7669]

Bro my respects great cover

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thanks man!!\m/

[@Pollero20]

Amazing job!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!

[@dinos9607]

Fantastic cover

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much dino!🤘

[@ForeverArcade]

Awesome 🤘🏻

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thanks again brother1🤘

[@JuanPerez-co9nd]

Man! you nailed it! WOW! amazing!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much juan!!\m/

[@RottingChristTributeOriginal]

τρομερό!!!!!! από έναν συνονόματο και συνεπίθετο έχεις τα συγχαρητήρια!!!!! Είσαι κορυφή, ανατρίχιασα από την μουσική σου, εξαιρετική δουλειά άξιζε σίγουρα τον χρόνο που αφιέρωσες.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

eyxaristw poly synonomate kai syneponyme gia ta kala sou logia!!!kai antapodidwntas ekanes ekseretikh douleia sta covers twn christ!!!kudos my friend!!!\m/

[@rodrigomartinezmendozar2741]

Awesoem cover dude !!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much man!🤘

[@Danielcarrerogg]

man what an amazing tone and skill!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much daniel!!!\m/

[@ShishiSonson]

Magician. Kudos.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much my friend!!!\m/

[@raiooriginal37]

Amazing!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you!!

[@KiriakosGP]

Τέλειος!!! ❤🎸

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Ευχαριστώ παιχταρά μου!!❤🤘

[@martinkguitarcover4933]

sounds great! nice cover, thumb up

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Martin!And sorry for the late reply .TH-cam hides comments sometimes!

[@kevinchomusic]

Great!! Awesome!!
This song is one of my favorite among Marty Friedman's songs.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much Kevin!!yes it is a true jem!!and Marty is truly one of the greatest guitarists ever lived!!!

[@fsaezaraya]

Thank you man! Great perfomance!!! 🤩

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Francisco!!!\m/

[@zAk1aS]

I wouldn't mind at all if it replaces the original in my playlist. Great job!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Stergio for your kind words.I have the original in my playlist and i wouldn t change it for a million covers :).It's unbeatable!A work of art!Ευχαριστώ πολύ και πάλι!🤘🤘🤘

[@williambruce6479]

Damn. That was great!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you william!!!\m/

[@BlackLedIron]

Είσαι τρομερός! Το συγκεκριμένο είναι από τα πραγματικά αγαπημένα μου κομμάτια και το έπαιξες αψεγάδιαστα! Μπράβο!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ Αποστόλη!!Να σαι καλά!!\m/

[@marcosagustinrolando1320]

Outstanding 🖤🔥

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Marco!!\m/

[@psychotrout]

Nice! Dragon's Kiss was my first Marty Friedman album

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Amazing album indeed!!!thanks for watching!!

[@fidel5211]

Very nice, dude!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Fidel!!\m/

[@gustavobenavidez1545]

Felicitaciones, hermoso cover de Marty , muy bien tocado

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much GUstavo!!

[@cholex]

Great work I can't stop watching this video amazing \m/

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much vitor!!!\m/

[@JCSYKER]

awesome!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much bro!!\m/

[@US3RVIBE]

this is perfect!! best cover ever!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much my friend!!\m/

[@nikola4249]

Congratulations!!!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much nicola!!

[@eduardobc88]

Te quedo Poca Madre!! chingon!!!

[@miguelbuet]

Amazing!!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Miguel!!🤟

[@eitdrian]

You are Amazing man!! Contrats

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!!\m/

[@tableditor]

Amazing sir.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!!

[@kashish4698]

Perfect Cover🤘

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!

[@logothescanandeffectmaker2122]

Awesome!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you very much Stephen!!

[@heavyaccept]

πολύ τέλεια εκτέλεση! συγχαρητήρια

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

eyxaristw poly!!na sai kala!!

[@tombulTOMBUL]

Süper olmuş. Eline sağlık.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

teşekkür ederim hex!!\m/

[@robertbarreto9888]

grandiosa tecnica y ejecucion, felicitaciones bro

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Robert!!\m/

[@TAnastasiadis]

Καταπληκτικη εκτελεση σε ενα απιστευτο και απαιτητικο κομματι....θεος ο marty...

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Eyxaristw poly tasos.o marty theos kai liga les!! :)

[@mattbenson2607]

Superb

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!!

[@cristianmeneses9102]

men you are so amazing great job :D

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Cristian for your kind words!!! :)

[@ValKitsakis]

Great job, brother!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thank you bro!!!!!!\m/

[@guitarvative3145]

jesus christ. i would never play that.
fucking legendary. dude.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you!!patience and practice and all can be done bro!!\m/

[@anish3183]

This is just ridiculously good. Between the tone, and the bends, the sweeps, it's just fantastic, friend. I've been absolute marty friedman binge for the past year and stuff like this is why I'm legit near starting to play the guitar properly again despite being nearly 30. I've probably crossed the age to became as advanced as you, but it's worth the practice. Great cover👍

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

30s are the new 20s so dont worry about age Anish!!😊.Thank you very much for your kind words and keep on rocking!🤘

[@daverivera5235]

This cover is pretty damn well played! Would love see more friedman/becker covers coming up!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Dave!!!i ve done and a cover from jason/marty cacophony band!if you havent see it check it out!! :)

[@rathinker]

amazing!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much my friend!!

[@EmersonGz]

Awesome cover man!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Emerson!

[@robertomoreno8996]

Perfect performance bro! This Marty Friedman's song reminds me of Jason Becker, my two favourite guitar players also Tony Mcalpine and Vinnie Moore.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

thanks man!!i appreciate!! :).great players all of them!!

[@Godspeed961]

Ταλενταρα ο Βαγγελης ! ωραιο cover φιλε !

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

eyxaristw poly file mou!! \m/

[@user-kg5gz7yp1z]

King of best..

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

매우 감사합니다 김병수 !!\m/

[@jimmykonsta]

Μπράβο φίλε! Marty one of the best ever!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

na sai kala jimmy!!eyxaristw!!yes it is!! :)

[@i2egga3]

Well done.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Razza!

[@leonardfishboy]

Wow man covering Marty is another level and you succeeded.

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much Man!\m/

[@bervanakisjohn]

Μπράβο ρε φίλε, διάλεξες και κομματάρα!

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

na sai kala paixtara mou!!!\m/

[@akidk1499]

What a Guy You are
Insane Guitarist

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much bro!!\m/

[@sebastianrozwadowski3300]

Eeeey that's pretty good

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much sebastian!!

[@metalfuckinghead]

really impressive

[@VaggelisPapadopoulos]

Thank you very much!!\m/