Uploaded this just to promote the song to others. This is the best version so far, found it somewhere a long time ago, but it's not available in RU-vid for some reason, so I decided to upload it :)
Monsters of Rock 1984. I was 17. Red hot sunny day. About mid-afternoon Gary took the stage and played this song. The first time I had heard it and it still lives with me now 40 years later, and everytime I listen it takes me back to that exact time and place. Just perfect.
And just THAT, my friend, is exactly WHY Gary Moore is unique, unbeatable and one of a kind. He was such a phenomenon. People with such extra ordinary qualities are born once in hundreds of years. You can easily compare his abilities with the abilities of Einstein, Churchill, Pele or Nelson Mandela, for example. He was a total genius.
Much as I dislike being old, I am *so* happy to have lived through those days and to have seen Gary perform live at the Monsters of Rock at Donington Park in 84. Epic times.
Believe me, you wouldn't like being young in these days with all these electronic comms, social media and stuff. Every joy we have lost it's meaning to ease of access to anything and ostentatiousness of just everything. Being just 23, I get why one might not wanna get old, but guess what, timeline also matters as much man.
Oh my oh wow how lucky are you I discovered late but wow you saw the best guitarist ever sad I missed the early days I've so many questions I'd love to ask as I also am older wow right now your a hero bc
If that’s you in your profile pic you still look like your in your prime to me sir. I’m glad you look back on these times of your life fondly, I hope to feel the same way I’m the future. Best wishes to your family and self with the rest of our precious time.
Jeannie I have seen John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf here in England Wigan and liverpool . Alexis Korner "Founding father of british blues" brought them over in the early 1960's Try this Willie Dixon's ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fq3QySTQlmI.html Insane asylum Then for a laugh, this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XZxyRdbQmEY.html Insane Asylum
Gary Moore is my first guitar hero. My mom used to listen to him when I was a baby. Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Buchanan, Eric Clapton, Santana, Bloomfield, Paul Kossoff are my favorite guitar players, but Gary Moore is just a beast. I cried when he died.
@@gregnicks8573 the guitar he's using was a 59 Les Paul gold top given to him by Peter Green.He did an album called Blues for Greeny with it,great album!!!
If you play guitar yourself, only then, you know how hard it is to put such feeling and demotion into such playing on an electric guitar. But this guy exactly does this. That's why he is my fav guitarist of all time. He plays from heart and soul.. RIP, Gary and Phil. Thank you for this.
Gary has his unique style of playing which is immediately recognisable. He lived for 15 years in Brighton & Hove and sometimes just jam in the local pubs!! That’s the Belfast in him!! I too lived in Brighton and next time I’m back I’ll pay my respects to him in Rottingdean. RIP Gary ✝️
What a genius Gary more was awesome guitar playing The man is a legend one of the best ever guitar players prolific song writer Gary you are so sadly missed
Heard this back in the late 90's at Christmas time when i was roughly 10 years of old.... Never heard it since, nor did i know who wrote it. Used every person, app or station, who thought i was crazy by humming the the tune since then... till i found i found the legend Gary Moore in 2018. The man who could make a guitar cry of joy. Took me 20ish years to find this, and cannot put a mark on how beautiful it was to get it.
@@joebryant8500 It seems to be a common progression and motif. For example, Ave Maria resembles All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mzoycLtW_P0.html
@@joebryant8500 I agree with you, it is a pretty damn direct ripoff. I'm just saying the progression/descending motif combo is something I've definitely heard elsewhere. All the Things You Are was just the first similar thing I could find related to Ave Maria. Interestingly enough, this song also very closely rips off Blue Bossa, but over Ave Maria's chord progression: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zdR7v0WbZbA.html And thief as Moore may be, I still enjoy this song. His phrasing and touch are unmatched,
Believe me, this musicianship is respected all over the musical sphere. I know classical musicians who play in symphony orchestras, and they are, like, yep - this is a REAL musician. RIP Gary. With love.
Me and my uncle played this song at my grandfathers funeral, the melancholiness and soulfulness of this song brings out a lot of emotions and memories. Will forever hold this song dear, thank you Gary and Phil
I had the privilege of seeing this wonderful guitarist on two occasions... Colosseum 2 and Thin Lizzy... and even got to speak with him. What a lovely guy! I cried when he died... so sad to be taken too soon... like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn... so much still to give!
Sadly passed away today on 6th feb 2011 ,listening to this and loving every minute but with a tear in my eyes .Missing a legend you will forever be in my heart love Gary music a legend xxxxxx
This song is a masterpiece and my favourite version of it, there will never be another musician and guitarist like Gary Moore, he played with soul and heart, R.I.P Gary Moore, you and your talent are missed
Holy Hell... ive not heard this for years.. Im a deep purple nut but i am again blown off my bloody feet by this mans skill.. He never thre the guitar about like some do.. Just one of the best.
A little while ago I visited my aunt and uncle, my uncle and I talked about music a lot and he got surprised when I told him I didn't know any Gary Moore songs, so he put on this song and man, I was completely blown away, Gary Moore is a goddamn legend, truly underrated aswell
I met gary as a kid he was friends with my mam and dad. What a legend. A real rocker he had more scars from fighting while drunk and over women. Sound guy apparently i cant remember him being wild i listen to stories my mam and dad told me. May he R.I.P. what a guitarist 🎸
This was the first song I heard by Gary Moore & the love fest began in the 90's. Came on the radio at work and the song just resonated through my whole body with such soul. Stopped at the mall on the way home, bought the CD, threw it on my stereo full blast and introduced him to my neighborhood..lol Believe it or not I had everyone asking me who it was. Loved his music ever since. Too bad he left us so soon.
As a French guy, I'd say Gary Moore managed to understand all the good sides of Paris and managed to put them in an unforgetfable, brilliant anthem. This is far from being an easy feat, as the city has some obnoxious sides as well, but even those can become charming as people learn to deal with Paris.. I'm not a Parisian, yet I still have the same fascination about it as I did get when I was a kid and visited occasionally. If you can get by the usual sights, and take the time to mingle with the mood there, it's really a special city, like no other one in this planet. Foreign friends, if you go there, don't rush it and get the time to acclimate to the mood. You might miss a toursity sight, but you'll earn a lot of insight about the way French people do want to live their lives, and understand their concept of carpe diem. Last time I went there, for the wedding of a friend, I was spending some time at a bar and I had pretty nice conversations with bonafide Parisians from the particular area, about current events ongoing. This is not a stereotype. French people do love having conversations with strangers in the particular setting of a bar. Gary Moore nailed it on that one, his song does carry all the meaning that one could ever want to know about the way people live their lives in Paris,, in my humble opinion.
Nothing to do with Paris, it was Phil's fathers name, see an interview that Gary gave , in a studio setting, where he gave an insight into the song, the lyrics and how it was put to music, amongst other influences and his background to music in general.
I don't know why I'm crying.. Over a guitar that played so well.. Those who dislike this must be a heartless.. Its okay my friend... I'm wishing u having a good time
I remember Paris in '49. The Champs Elysee, Saint-Michel And old Beaujolais wine. And I recall that you were mine In those Parisienne days. Looking back at the photographs. Those summer days spent outside corner cafes. Oh, I could write you paragraphs, About my old Parisienne days. I remember Paris in '49. The Champs Elysee, San Michelle And old Beaujolais wine. And I recall that you were mine In those Parisienne days. Looking back at the photographs. Those summer days spent outside corner cafes. Oh, I could write you paragraphs, About my old Parisienne days.
The most soulful, most trenchant & the most painful guitar solo of the rock history, IMO. Every time I listen to it, I feel like I'm literally bleeding in pain and the pain feels awesome. Gary you probably needed more frets in your guitar to express more pain !
Gary Moore was a massive part of my childhood growing up. My dad idolised him. So much so that the loner was used as the reflection of my dad's funeral. No words, just Gary and his guitar. So moving and a great tribute to Gary, my dad and of course Phil lynett who the song was originally composed for.
This guy moves me in such a way that is unexplainable. The emotion, feeling, technique, and of course, that sustain has me thinking, "This guy is possibly THEE perfect guitarist of all time."
my friend,let me tell you something.a journalist called him THE FAST FINGERED GUITARIST IN THE WORLD.and its TRUE.look at his fingers,it seems amazing and the sound...am i wrong?
When I was 16, my friends told me about this new young guitarist aged 17, in a new band called Skid Row. They were playing somewhere near my home in north London but regretfully I went to see some other band. However, I did see him in a small venue in Plymouth with Colosseum 2, Inquisition is still an incredible tune. Then I saw him in Gloucester during the Scars tour. What an amazing versatile musician.
I had to play this three times one night... and every time was different.... Bless You Gary and Phil for this masterpiece..... one time I had the sustain 3 minutes!!
Gary Moore was most definitely the king of the blues. He gave an audience a magnificent performance of his guitar 🎸 skills. What a fantastic talent to possess. A genius blues man. A perfectionist to the very end, well done Gary.
