Freaking crazy man..i was just thinking GOD it would be awesome if someone was to do a lesson on THIS song....and here you are the best guy to learn it from on the internet! Thanks JJ, your an awesome mentor here and a great inspiration to get the led out and learn from. I remeber you doing this under the PT name but it was a cover not a lesson.
They were a great band that I grew up with in the late '70s / early '80s. Im gonna dig out that album (yes vinyl) and give that song a spin. (Have it on cd too) Dust off the electric and have some fun. Hope my wife doesn't leave me! Thanks James!
Thanks for reminding me how great this song is. So grateful to live in an age where I can learn stuff when I couldn’t as a kid. I hope you know how much I appreciate your channel. Routinely end up here over and over and love hanging out with you at every opportunity.
@@jamesjames9275 I hadn't read to the bottom to see your post before posting above... but here's my comment: 3dsman 1 second ago Best comment I ever read about Elliot Easton's playing was in an interview one of the Guitar magazines (Guitar Player?) was doing with him, when the said... "Your solos are amazing in that they sounds so spontaneous and yet it's quite clear that they're extremely well thought out". To which Elliot replied "Thanks... I work very hard to make them sound that way". Or... something along those lines... I'm going from memory here. But it summarized or now summarizes.. exactly how I've always thought about his solos too.. for a band that's largely thought of as a 'studio' band given their ultra tight synchronization.. they still somehow come off sounding 'loose' and fun. The lead runs in this song being 'case in point'.
I don't think I need to ask if you are in a band or not, but I would love to see you on stage. It has to be awesome. Thanks James. One of my favorite bands and songs. They are sorely missed!!!!!!
That's a rare deluxe. In sixth grade we pulled the ol' "I'm sleeping over at my friends house!" and went from San Jose to the Oakland Coliseum by skateboard, bus and bart and spent the night in line to see the Who. (80?) I remember running for my life down the stairs to get to the field. Good times!
I like to start it with a slide up to the 5th fret on the 5th string and ring the 4th open and ring that too to get that harmonic effect - especially since I'm covering both guitars and vocals on that particular piece.
Hey James, thanks man. You took my request and made Uh, Oh, Its Magic for me. Now I can rock and roll. You rule! Love that Townshend looking Gibson. Don't sell that bad boy...unless it is to me. Is she hard to keep in tune?
Great catch on the A6 chord in the verses! No one else caught that. I think that in the C#-D-E-D-C#-B octave lick it sounds like he is playing three octaves at once. What do you think? Probably uses two guitars. Hard to do with just one.
Thank you, James for this video. Helps learn a great 80s tune that not many people play anymore. Based on the number of your Les Paul, would I be correct in assuming you are a fan of Pete Townshend of The Who?
Hey, Thanks so much...almost gave up on it because of the weird fingering, lots of fun! and essential theory... Ever think they were influenced by Oingo Boingo?
Not sure if your part at 1:40. Could be the same notes but I have seen live videos of Eliot playing that part and his left hand stays in the range of the the first few frets... thinking he is doing some open chords.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2gwLEiqNAeQ.html Here is the isolated guitar tracks for the song. Amazed me how much i didnt hear. Never knew about playing an A6 instead of an A for the verses (which you also show in the lesson). The solo uses more overdrive/distortion then i would of thought.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-msAcTMKMSKA.html Awwww yeahhh... had to do a quick search. Still in High School when this performance came out. They were SO huge when I was in college with Heartbeat City. Man I love that album above all of their stuff. Hard to pick, but that one was the most polished they ever got.
Hey, I was wondering if you could do Brian Jones' parts on JJF at the Rock N' Roll Circus? Someone finally isolated the mix so you can hear him: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4h1sdp3-U-o.html He's the down tuned bass sounding guitar and the guy said he "plays a B power chord at 2nd fret then open single E note, F# then open A string for the riff. He plays power chords for chorus, middle 8 and outro. "
@@jamesjames9275 No, the link I sent you is the isolated guitars. There is a guitar which sounds much like a bass playing right under Keith's, playing the parts in a much simpler way. Keith is all treble. Check out the link, you'll see what I mean
@@jamesjames9275 The link I sent you is to an isiolation someone did of the guitar track, where they bumped up Brian to be more easily audible; it's not just a regular video of the performance. He sounds like he's playing a bass there and does power chords during the choruses, middle 8, and outro.
James James wear headphones. It’s hard to hear without. Brian’s comes in at around 6 seconds after the song starts. Keith is playing the trebly notes we all know (with assistance on the middle 8 from Nicky Hopkins). Underneath Keith’s guitar is Brian’s tunes very low to sound almost like a bass playing a simplified version of what he plays. You can hear him especially well on the choruses and middle 8. He plays power chords there. Listen with headphones and it becomes easy to hear. You’ll hear bass sounding guitar come in six or seven seconds after Keith starts
