The coolest thing about this is he has this large of a musical vocabulary and knows what when to play these songs on the spot in the right key and all that. Absolutely awesome
Sometimes people are just arrogant and jerks because they are, it has nothing to do with talent. Guthrie on the other hand is a freaking inspiration, his interviews are awesome to listen to, the guy is out of this world!
You probably know him, but just in case, go check Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, also a good friend a well respected by Guthrie, his music is very quirky and experimental
Is anyone else reflecting on the magnificence of Guthrie Govan and thinking it was outrageous that he was 'stuck' on a guitar magazine as a columnist for years ?
i'm happy to own every one of those magazines. Even the older ones, where he printed his home number for private lessons. All stored away in the loft, about 10+ years worth of guitar magazines :)
It is literally impossible to determine that's the version he was quoting. Knowing Guthrie, he may just as well have been quoting the crazy frog theme, since it's only the same notes being played the distinction isn't really necessary, he's "quoting" the same song in effect
@@youreadopted3960 if crazy frog uses the exact same melody, and then Guthrie plays that melody, how do you know which version he is quoting? Honestly, considering they've used a rubber chicken and phone apps to make people laugh, it would NOT surprise me in the least if he actually was quoting crazy frog. These are "jokes" to him, that he improvises during his solo so idk why he'd be "quoting" a genuine piece of music with merit, rather than a ridiculous meme of a naked frog on a bike 😂🐸
ah, yes. I was just remembering that really long line from the other one. yeah, these licks show up in various forms, I guess. I wonder when Guthrie stole it from Greg. HEHEHHEHE
@@nickDOTblocNo you didn't understand my tone, i wasn't informing you he did it on purpose, i was saying every single note he played was the perfectly "wrong" note, which takes just as good of an ear as playing the right ones.
I let Guthrie about 5 years ago and I was a little drunk and I accidentally totally fan-boyed out on him. Pretty embarrassing, but I gave him a smoke and a light and he took my compliments very well lol
When I met Guthrie, he was a little drunk, and he had this impish, schoolboy sense of humour. It took me by surprise, but certainly explains the playfulness within his virtuosity.
Many people think that the Nokia (pronounced NOK-IA, America, not NO-KIA) ringtone is a quote from Gran Vals (Francisco Tárrega) there's an extra note that Nokia put in so you will not find that exact melody in the piece Axel F should be credited to Harold Faltermeyer. The "crazy frog" ringtone (the original, not the Axel F one) was actually made in 1997 by a chap in Sweden and was later used as a ringtone in 2004. Which is why we hated kids "singing" it thinking they were "on trend" when they were actually seven years behind. Which reminds me, we were all singing "I like to move it, move it" in 1993, some TWELVE years before it was used in Madagascar, and it was quite a shock when my (then) 11yr old daughter was singing it and I joined in because she had just been to see it at the Cinema and knew I hadn't been before her. Hehe. Kids, always thinking they invented something new and us older folks are sitting there thinking (what, you invented it again? What's next, flat icons like we had back in Windows 1.0 ??)
It's called 'quodlibet' a classical/jazz strategy of sneaking a familiar tune - or in case of Guthrie Govan I suppose it's his tastes, and novelty pieces
I was at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe in 2018 and during one of Guthrie's clinics (of which I attended all, because... it's Guthrie. That's just what you do when afforded the opportunity, lol) someone's phone started ringing. It was that Nokia ringtone that I'm sure everyone is familiar with. Guthrie didn't miss a beat and just mimicked it right then and there. Granted, he wasn't playing anything at that very moment and was just lecturing, but it was still hilarious. Update: I didn't realize he was actually going to play that later in this video too, lol.
He seems to be doing this quite a lot. On "Bad Asteroid" from "Boing, We'll Do It Live!" there's a very obvious nod to the inspector gadget theme song.
2:38, something to be said for this style. It's like what you play when you feel kind of sad and demotivated but still want to play something. It sounds like an old lost-at-sea drunken sick of it blues style tbh
You missed "Teddy Bears' Picnic" around 2.00. Also, quoting is not uncommon among anyone exposed to jazz. At one time it seemed like every gig I went to in my then home town of Brighton, someone quoted Jean-Pierre. That one in particular isn't hard. I knew a keyboard player who was a total quote mistress. The night before she left for a holiday she got EVERYTHING in, from "I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane" to Madonna's "Holiday" and at least a dozen more I can't remember, culled from several decades. The same band also contained a bassist who at 19 was an absolute prodigy, and Level 42 basslines would be seamlessly worked into other tunes irrespective of key. The reason most guitarists (guitar player speaking) are so impressed by this practice is because it relies heavily on the ability to play an actual melody that's phrased and makes sense, rather than an impressive lick. And the rock way of thinking about guitar involves three modes: rhythm, riffs, and lead. It's just not in the culture. There areexceptions, but the only guitar player I know of who really knows how to play a tune is Jeff Beck. You can of course go back to the Shadows and surf instrumentals and so on, but these are rarities and extinct but for curio value these days.
I agree with you, and it reminds me of a quote I'd recently read by Al di Meola: "it's a bunch of bullshit every time guitarists say, 'One note says so much more than 100.' I always laugh at idiots who make that claim. Tell that to a flamenco player or a classical player and see what they say. It's almost a defensive reaction. They take something they lack, attack it and claim they never wanted it in the first place." Mainstream rock and roll has become quite complacent in its mediocrity in the past few decades. Fortunately (for me, at least) the nerd fringe has survived, and thrived through all the MTV bullshit. Satch even went ahead and made the instrumental electric guitar albums mainstream among rock enthusiasts. Jason Becker proved his mettle before he was even 25. Eric Johnson showed us how to achieve great tone while playing melodic and fast lines. Paco de Lucia showed us that you don't need to be Grade 8 from Berklee to be an utter maestro. And now Guthrie is a product of careful paying-attention to and imbibing of all of that from a very young age, plus a whole lot more which I don't even have the slightest clue of (e.g., some of the jazz greats you alluded to). That's one of the reasons I like his style and output: he has (imrpov) brains, and he is a genius-grade result of pop culture.
Lost it at the Nokia ring tone. He actually managed to make that thing un-annoying. I didn't think that was possible. I remove my chapeau to you, good sir.
Try G3 when Satriani featured him and Vai. He was still on another level but atleast Satch and Vai weren't backing dancers th-cam.com/video/8AR7EeXQLZE/w-d-xo.html
The coolest thing about this is he has this large of a musical vocabulary and knows what when to play these songs on the spot in the right key and all that. Absolutely awesome
Scary how accurate his ears are.
Before he got known he was a long-time teacher for British guitar magazines
That's more like an ear for association.
@@exhainca deez nuts
For Guthrie, the guitar really is just an extension of him. Whatever is in his head he can instantly and effortlessly express.
Guthrie is absolutely amazing.
Jason M The best ever...literally and hands down
Not only does he have to be a brilliant musician but he has to go and be a fine and decent human being. Bastard.
Sometimes people are just arrogant and jerks because they are, it has nothing to do with talent.
Guthrie on the other hand is a freaking inspiration, his interviews are awesome to listen to, the guy is out of this world!
He may be a fine human being. But unless you really know him personally. You wouldn't know.
Yeah he should be more like Yngwie
@@maximummatt73 is Yngvie a dickhead? xD
@@AbsoluteAbsurd apparently he is... 😂
I have never seen anyone so obviously in perfect sync with their instrument, everything he does is effortless
You probably know him, but just in case, go check Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, also a good friend a well respected by Guthrie, his music is very quirky and experimental
There’s a lot of amazing players, but I’ve never seen anyone improvise like Guthrie. His creativity and flow is so far beyond anyone else’s.
Is anyone else reflecting on the magnificence of Guthrie Govan and thinking it was outrageous that he was 'stuck' on a guitar magazine as a columnist for years ?
He worked at McDonald's at one point as well
i'm happy to own every one of those magazines. Even the older ones, where he printed his home number for private lessons. All stored away in the loft, about 10+ years worth of guitar magazines :)
The drummer in his Fellowship band, Pete Riley, was also similar, a writer for Rhythm, a drum magazine. Not sure if he still works there.
First one is Axel F from Beverly Hills Cop, everyone says it's crazy frog, it's not, original is the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop
Thanks, fixed.
It is literally impossible to determine that's the version he was quoting. Knowing Guthrie, he may just as well have been quoting the crazy frog theme, since it's only the same notes being played the distinction isn't really necessary, he's "quoting" the same song in effect
Who tf says that is crazy frog
@@youreadopted3960 if crazy frog uses the exact same melody, and then Guthrie plays that melody, how do you know which version he is quoting? Honestly, considering they've used a rubber chicken and phone apps to make people laugh, it would NOT surprise me in the least if he actually was quoting crazy frog. These are "jokes" to him, that he improvises during his solo so idk why he'd be "quoting" a genuine piece of music with merit, rather than a ridiculous meme of a naked frog on a bike 😂🐸
It s crazy frog
1:51 That's a Howe lick!
TruthSurge from Come and Get It?
No, Button Up. watch?v=gc9_TMQU744&list=PLooF1k9qoOZgE14NWuWzz-EK30he1X-B1
4:03 time.
Aha. It seems to be a fave of his, there's a slight hint in Come And Get It too (4:51-4:55): th-cam.com/video/oy3rEVAEAkk/w-d-xo.htmlm51s
ah, yes. I was just remembering that really long line from the other one. yeah, these licks show up in various forms, I guess. I wonder when Guthrie stole it from Greg. HEHEHHEHE
I have seen u in lot of greg howe music bro
the last clip also quotes the guitar melody line of "layla", albeit very slow, just before the nokia tune.
Well caught!
Don't forget him playing the Inspector Gadget theme during his performance of Bad Asteroid at a concert in Feb 2016. Legendary
2:38 hes even good at sounding terrible
He played all the wrong notes, intentionally.
@@gitsurfer27 thanks captain obvious
@@nickDOTblocNo you didn't understand my tone, i wasn't informing you he did it on purpose, i was saying every single note he played was the perfectly "wrong" note, which takes just as good of an ear as playing the right ones.
@John Kravitz its not terrible but id definitely consider him a jack of all trades but a master of none
@John Kravitz heres one with his band the aristocrats: th-cam.com/video/wLXpEt42W-8/w-d-xo.html
Never seen Paul Gilbert so happy 2:03
He finally found his equal :D
2:42 Clapton - Layla
Drunk Layla is the greatest joke told on a guitar
Guthrie is probably the best player ill ever hear! I could listen to him jamming ALL DAY. I mean it, id never get bored. Immensly freakin talented!
this guy should just open up a noodle shop already.
Lmao
Wow I used to have that green guitar t-shirt when I was a kid.
Absolutely professional Human!
MY NEW GUITAR HEROE! totally genius!
Man this video is old but it still has a reference from meme culture
I would like to hear Guthrie playing more jazzly in that cantaloupe island improvisation
I let Guthrie about 5 years ago and I was a little drunk and I accidentally totally fan-boyed out on him. Pretty embarrassing, but I gave him a smoke and a light and he took my compliments very well lol
He's a smoker?
Nick Sm He is indeed
When I met Guthrie, he was a little drunk, and he had this impish, schoolboy sense of humour. It took me by surprise, but certainly explains the playfulness within his virtuosity.
"Lesser artists borrow. Great artists steal."
-Pablo Picasso
th-cam.com/video/yfsU5KfF6LE/w-d-xo.html
YEEEAH!!!!
Many people think that the Nokia (pronounced NOK-IA, America, not NO-KIA) ringtone is a quote from Gran Vals (Francisco Tárrega) there's an extra note that Nokia put in so you will not find that exact melody in the piece
Axel F should be credited to Harold Faltermeyer.
The "crazy frog" ringtone (the original, not the Axel F one) was actually made in 1997 by a chap in Sweden and was later used as a ringtone in 2004. Which is why we hated kids "singing" it thinking they were "on trend" when they were actually seven years behind. Which reminds me, we were all singing "I like to move it, move it" in 1993, some TWELVE years before it was used in Madagascar, and it was quite a shock when my (then) 11yr old daughter was singing it and I joined in because she had just been to see it at the Cinema and knew I hadn't been before her. Hehe.
Kids, always thinking they invented something new and us older folks are sitting there thinking (what, you invented it again? What's next, flat icons like we had back in Windows 1.0 ??)
The man is a walking medley. Amazing.
It's called 'quodlibet' a classical/jazz strategy of sneaking a familiar tune - or in case of Guthrie Govan I suppose it's his tastes, and novelty pieces
You know a guitarplayer is legendary when most of the listeners play guitar themselves and are still flabbergasted because dude wtfff
i love it that, Guthrie keeps it Fun and expresses true otherworldly Soul in his playing.
I like how the bassist just looks like, what the fuck is going on, is he done yet?
Lester Mitchell haha I noticed that. I think it's his brother Seth
Guthrie’s brother on bass in the first clip!
This guy is so good even the guitar is wondering what the hell is going on ! Lol
Phenomenal guitarist .
0:10 is actually a reference to the Hot for Teacher solo by Eddie Van Halen
Not only is he one of the greatest improvisers on guitar that has ever lived, no. He is definitely the happiest guitarist that has ever lived too xD
he could play whatever the fuck he wants
Nerds in computers get rich, and nerds in guitar get rich :)
He also quotes Gershwin's "Summertime" in his cover of Red Baron by Billy Cobham
Well I'm going to have to listen to that now, Summertime is one of ky all time favourites
1:23 RatPack - Searching For My Rizla
I was at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe in 2018 and during one of Guthrie's clinics (of which I attended all, because... it's Guthrie. That's just what you do when afforded the opportunity, lol) someone's phone started ringing. It was that Nokia ringtone that I'm sure everyone is familiar with. Guthrie didn't miss a beat and just mimicked it right then and there. Granted, he wasn't playing anything at that very moment and was just lecturing, but it was still hilarious.
Update: I didn't realize he was actually going to play that later in this video too, lol.
The song is Gran Vals, BTW. :)
He seems to be doing this quite a lot. On "Bad Asteroid" from "Boing, We'll Do It Live!" there's a very obvious nod to the inspector gadget theme song.
He is also a brilliant comedian. Last clip was hilarious.
Oh yeah...hilarious,,,just people laughing at a guy cause he's famous....
I didn't know Tom's Diner over Cantaloupe Island was a thing I needed in my life so badly, thank you.
Imagine him playing in Zappa's band XD
What a waste it would be !
I just grinded out the Pop Goes the Weasel arrangement by ear, I recommend it if you feel like it. its fun
the last clip seems like they are very stoned
That Koa Charvel of his is SO great too ..
0:45 , bassist is done w guthrie's shit
The first clip is Chromazone, yeah? It sounds like he starts playing it after the Beverly Hills Cop theme...
in pop goes the weasel i hear a chapman laugh
glad to know I'm not the only one!
2:38, something to be said for this style. It's like what you play when you feel kind of sad and demotivated but still want to play something. It sounds like an old lost-at-sea drunken sick of it blues style tbh
One more at the very start: 0:11 is from "Flying In A Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani - just after the 2 minute mark in that song.
Similar intervals, nice catch!
*waits for someone to name all the pieces "quoted"*
Updated in description.
+Karn Kaul God bless.
You probably know this already but the Nokia tune is an excerpt from Francisco Tarrega's Gran Vals
I love how happy with himself he is.
the loop at the end is vicious af.
I couldnt stop laughing att 2:36 its just hilarious for me
I had a guitar teacher who would sometimes end a song with "First Call" (a military bugle call).
1:39 that sounds like dimebag
The guy is so cool that in the first video he's playing with an older version of himself
Hey he's wearing a Freak Kitchen t-shirt at 1:20, how cool is that?!
0:20 crazy frog theme song
Nope, that's not the original.
Beverly Hills Cop theme song bro
The one at 1:20 was so smooth
And some people have greatness thrown upon them.
I have a feeling that Frank zappa would have snatched this guy up if this was the 70s
LOL.....last clip
this guy is from another world
I'm just going to burn all my guitars including myself.
See..if Guthrie did that he wouldnt be as good as he is
I cant believe for the last few months I forgot about this guy. I now understand why my life felt so pointless...
2:04 the level of phrasing in this is nuts
After all these years, the amazing Paul Gilbert has found someone who can challenge him!!
It was said of Coltrane that he was excellent value - he could give you 10 songs in one!
1:55 isn´t this Herbie´s Cantaloupe Island?
I swear to god i heard a very drunk Eric Clapton - Layla in the "funny sounding guitar notes" in the end, just before Nokia? or is it just me?
0:45 Guy's expression in the back is like : I should give up playing. What am I doing here...
Malapropify you know who I think that is? Seth Govan. His brother, the bass player. Co-wrote a lot of his stuff.
That guitar has been trained by the SAS and is now going on holiday.
Great musician and I've been following him for years. But I can never recall in my head a tune that he's made. That's the curse of the clinician.
Check out the solo from drive home by steven wilson
Check out bad asteroid by Asia, as far as I know it's his song. I like it
"fives" is pretty memorable.
@@usuallyclueless4477
He said himself it was a tapping excercise, and it does come across like that.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 yes but the melody keeps playing in my head randomly. I'd call that 'recalling a tune'.
sometimes he looks like hes about to pop an AK-47 out of his pockets and start killing everybody when he gets too exited playing lol
at 11 seconds sounds like the middle part of the hot for teacher solo
theres careless whisper and fur elise quotes too
Nice catch! What times?
Cristiano Rentróia he's also quoted iron man and the South Park theme
bguitar95 indeed!
bguitar95 South Park!? Where?
Vincent I couldn't find Careless Whipsers or Fur Elise either.
Every time a jazz musician slides a pop lick/riff in the middle of a solo it's like seeing 69.
"Nice."
2:54 En mexico y en el mundo la cerveza es Corona
Guthrie es un grande
guitarist in the back at the beginning of the video was listening and was upset that he'll never be that good
That was actually his brother on the bass!
You missed "Teddy Bears' Picnic" around 2.00. Also, quoting is not uncommon among anyone exposed to jazz. At one time it seemed like every gig I went to in my then home town of Brighton, someone quoted Jean-Pierre. That one in particular isn't hard. I knew a keyboard player who was a total quote mistress. The night before she left for a holiday she got EVERYTHING in, from "I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane" to Madonna's "Holiday" and at least a dozen more I can't remember, culled from several decades. The same band also contained a bassist who at 19 was an absolute prodigy, and Level 42 basslines would be seamlessly worked into other tunes irrespective of key.
The reason most guitarists (guitar player speaking) are so impressed by this practice is because it relies heavily on the ability to play an actual melody that's phrased and makes sense, rather than an impressive lick. And the rock way of thinking about guitar involves three modes: rhythm, riffs, and lead. It's just not in the culture. There areexceptions, but the only guitar player I know of who really knows how to play a tune is Jeff Beck. You can of course go back to the Shadows and surf instrumentals and so on, but these are rarities and extinct but for curio value these days.
I agree with you, and it reminds me of a quote I'd recently read by Al di Meola: "it's a bunch of bullshit every time guitarists say, 'One note says so much more than 100.' I always laugh at idiots who make that claim. Tell that to a flamenco player or a classical player and see what they say. It's almost a defensive reaction. They take something they lack, attack it and claim they never wanted it in the first place."
Mainstream rock and roll has become quite complacent in its mediocrity in the past few decades. Fortunately (for me, at least) the nerd fringe has survived, and thrived through all the MTV bullshit. Satch even went ahead and made the instrumental electric guitar albums mainstream among rock enthusiasts. Jason Becker proved his mettle before he was even 25. Eric Johnson showed us how to achieve great tone while playing melodic and fast lines. Paco de Lucia showed us that you don't need to be Grade 8 from Berklee to be an utter maestro. And now Guthrie is a product of careful paying-attention to and imbibing of all of that from a very young age, plus a whole lot more which I don't even have the slightest clue of (e.g., some of the jazz greats you alluded to). That's one of the reasons I like his style and output: he has (imrpov) brains, and he is a genius-grade result of pop culture.
nokia ringtone in last 😂
2:18 what show is that, theres Guthrie AND paul gilbert on stage..i gotta watch that
A true jazz musician
Proof of Jesus is alive and busy with his new passion in electric guitar.
that fart at 2:36 tho
lol
lol.Indeed!
thats when he realized ,he is kindna drunk..lol
Love seeing him wear a Freak Kitchen shirt!
The pop goes the weasel clip, hes playing with Ron Thal
Lost it at the Nokia ring tone. He actually managed to make that thing un-annoying. I didn't think that was possible. I remove my chapeau to you, good sir.
He has so many styles
Guthrie Govan on Bass (1st clip)
watched this with the sound off. Pretty entertaining
That’s Guthrie’s brother on bass.
I'd like to see/hear a musician actually jam with him, on the same level. He always seems to have Backing Dancers if you know what I'm getting at. 8 )
Try G3 when Satriani featured him and Vai. He was still on another level but atleast Satch and Vai weren't backing dancers
th-cam.com/video/8AR7EeXQLZE/w-d-xo.html
Just the best
Phenomenal
Will Unibet take a bet that he's the guy behind the crazy shreds on youtube.
lol drunk layla
Drunk Layla. Lol
Was the Rob Chapman laughing during Pop Goes the Weasel?