To me the most striking thing about this incredible video is that Paco actually seems not too happy with his playing. What could he possibly have done better? Every single note is alive and breathing, full of emotion. This is pure poetry with a deeply moving story. And he tells that story like a person who knows life and all its joy, passion and suffering. The sound he gets out of his guitar, the mannerisms and inflections are very unique, as if Paco himself was talking through it. It is so naturally expressive, yet not overly sentimental. Just perfect.
Grisha Goryachev very likely because this is a Taranta, which is a flamenco palo that comes from the the mines of Murcia, Spain... albeit to accompany the miners when they sang. It is therefore not a happy music... so in order to express such emotion of guys who worked in dark mines all day, hidden away from the sun, I believe Paco and anyone who plays has to put themselves in the mindset of those who originally played this music.
He did grow up around a harsh critic, his father, he practiced for up to 12 hours a day when he was 7-12, who knows what went on in his mind, and then again, he plays this with such ease because he already played a taranta similar to this 10 years before this clip, so his mind could be wandering around, maybe playing to him was exactly like speaking to us, he did say he learned the guitar like a child learns to speak. He reached the peak of traditional flamenco in his 20s, maybe he was getting bored of it? Maybe what was on his mind was the atmosphere in Spain and how it was too conservative for him and he couldn't wait to start experimenting with expressing himself a lot more, nobody really knows, I'd say this is close to his peak in technical ability, but when it comes to expression, Luzia and Cositas Buenas are some of the most original sounding albums I've ever heard. Brilliant man, I gave only a few ideas because who knows what was really going through his head when he didn't look too happy with his playing, and I'm scared to even think about all the possibilities.
Poodle ͡ ͜ ͡ couldn’t agree more re what’s going on his mind... but that sounds more like what was going on in his mind at that time of his life. Luzía is considered by him to be his best work, as it was the last album that was heart felt and was made in the name of his mother and after his musical journey to study with the Jazz folks, his sextet and everything else that was explorative in his efforts to enrich flamenco... so in making Luzía he came back to the flamenco Palos and made music that incorporated all that he had learned in his journey. One of the innovations was playing Seguirillas in F#m, the only key in flamenco that is played in three different ways... and the key that Camaron de la Isla loved and sang in the most... arguably the most important key for flamenco singers... Paco made Seguirillas piece, Luzía, in that key... and Seguirillas is arguably the first/oldest flamenco palo... this had never been done before Paco did it... and hasn’t been done since. Cositas Buenas he made because he was contractually forced to do so, although it still has excellent music Paco didn’t favor that album.
@@ThatPoyglot it's a shame they forced him to do cositas buenas and I can see why he wouldn't like it, but Antonia is still a monster of a piece, I've never heard such an expressive and original buleria por solea until Paco came out with it, and yes Luzia (the seguiriyas) is one of the most amazing seguiriyas to exist
The first 20 seconds are so fucking brutal. Thick chords with natural reverb, played by a hand that is perfectly at ease while still dominating the strings. Gotta love it.
2:28 si lo ponéis a cámara lenta se puede ver a Paco mirando su uña del dedo índice derecho para ver si se le ha roto y sigue tocando sin que se note. Es alucinante que haya visto este video decenas de veces y nunca me había dado cuenta de ese detalle hasta ahora mismo. Increíble
when i was 17 years old , i told my brother to buy guitar from spain cuz he visited it. i told him buy flamenco guitar and i did not know flamnci is an art and he bought it from Madred i started to play but i did not know how to play the guitar was broken by my famely someone stepped on it. now i am 22 years old and bought new guitar and i started to play flamenco and i know how to play lol !! greatings from Oman. middel east.
No matter how much we talk about Paco de Lucia, we cannot shed light on the great art that he created in the world of flamenco. My personal opinion is that I consider that Paco de Lucia is a very big revolution in the transition of flamenco music from local stillness to global movement. It is the true and original symbol of all flamenco heritage since its foundation ....Farewell to the music after that🌍
Again, absolutely incredible playing from Paco - The speed with which he plays is obviously thrilling and amazing but it's his subtleties that make him stand out head and shoulders above the rest. Just listen to how perfectly he takes the aggression out of the insanely fast run between 30 and 37 seconds and leads us into a new soundworld.
¡Qué gran maestro! Más allá de la técnica, más acá del virtuosismo, moraba en él un genio singular. El del portentoso compositor que fue. Y cuya música sobrevivirá en otras manos mientras haya quienes la sientan suya y la recreen, como el agua tras su largo fluir hacia la lluvia.
+pedro a. cantero . Cierto, y yo, que no sé nada respecto a la guitarra y al Flamenco, me quedo con la boca abierta, hipnotizado y hasta me salen lágrimas de felicidad...
apenas cumpliré 19 años y reconozco, puedo decir con certeza que el flamenco en guitarra es musica verdadera, que es belleza en verdad el flamenco es lo más bello, hay géneros sí, pero a mi criterio jamás podrá ser sobrepasado por la musica moderna de otro tipo, es algo que jamás perecerá pues retumba el eco y retumbará... apenas conocí a Paco de lucia, escucho muchas composiciones de él, tantas una y otra vez, cada vez que escucho algo nuevo (para mi) de él me quedo maravillado, inmediatamente lleno mi celular de su musica y me es tan increíble, tan grandioso, es mi ídolo es un grande. Me hubiese gustado tanto poder haberlo escuchado en vivo...
The greatest musicians have a rare ability to stretch an instrument to its fullest capabilities. It's amazing to see people like this, Jimmy Smith, Miles Davis show us what can be done with an instrument. We will never be able to play like this, but it's fun to try and fun to watch.
Madre mia….. se me encoge el estomago solo de oírle, no se puede explicar lo que este hombre hacia,,, solo se puede cerrar los ojos y disfrutar de lo que nos dejo
Such a masterpiece of a master extraordinaire! 3:27 the look of paco...the one time he actually looked. You can see how immersed he is in the music. Or some might say, the determination in his look! Such an unique person he was
No es solamente el virtuosismo extraordinario.......es la profundidad....la emoción que transmite hasta regiones difíciles de explicar.....la expresión de un arte muy puro y singularísimo.
madre mía q sentimiento y ternura me provoca cada vez que está música me envuelve y entra en mi cabeza, es fascinante poder disfrutar señores de magistral guitarra , este hombre no podía tener más sentimientos internos, ole usted paco!!! orgulloso de tu música y tu legado, oleee esa capacidad e ingenio
Decir que fue un genio, es quedarnos cortos. Dominaba la guitarra de tal manera que convertía la brutalidad en una absoluta maravilla espectacular. Y tenía un poder especial y sobrenatural para sobrecoger al oyente y sorprenderle. Buenos guitarristas clásicos tocan "Fuente y caudal", como Eliot Fisk, Joaquin Clech, David Martínez, Eduardo Baranzano, pero siempre prefiero oírsela a Paco, porque es incomparable.
The guitarist composer who was the God of Spanish and Flamenco guitarist and mastercomposer all wrapped into the perfect package and we may never see or hear the likes of him again
As the piece opens- like the sky darkens with clouds to release a perfectly coordinated storm of thunder and lightning, maybe the way god observes it from above. At 00:59 rays of sunshine pierce through the darkness for moments of sweetness to sooth the embattled. Paco is an angel -more than technique, to play like this you need to be special and must have a special soul. The world is smaller without you, may your name be glorified!
Each music phrase of Paco says allways the truth... and his superb technic speak that truth so clearly and full of elloquence. His art will speak centurys.
Sincerest thanks to HolyEggRollys for posting this and the other clips from this occasion. El Maestro seems to excel even his usual self -- which would not seem to be possible, but here it is. Long live the king, and thanks again.
I can give everything to learn this art but the thing is i don't have anything to offer other than hard work, passion, dedication etc. Sigh...! somebody gift me a flamenco! :(
