the "[famous guitarist] shreds" videos on YouTube

These are so hysterical that they've gotta be fakes. Real people aren't capable of that much disjointed noodling. The camera angles are similarly cut-up, so it must have been edited together. And the intermittent applause must have been dubbed in. Right? Right?

Uhh, ok, I've actually watched these again now, paying more attention to the guitarist's fingers. Whoever did these did a good job. Still, a three-necked guitar is funny no matter what you play.

jazz joeks:

http://www.myspace.com/johnnybowtiebarstow

Wow. And there's a whole CD? Remarkable.

similarly, http://www.myspace.com/hansgroinerplaysmonk

Wow, Barstow is fantastic! Have you heard the whole album? It's somewhat embarrassingly tempting to buy the xmas CD. Hell, Christmas is coming up, and I need presents...

I only got into these via the dude's Darth Vader overdub, which is his best work.

link plz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWoL4nXu0Q

Actually, 3:26 to 3:32 in the Santana one may be his best work.

Bowtie Barstow is kinda great on Mack the Knife

Louis: oh, I thought you meant Barstow did a Darth Vader thing... - thanks though!

the one for Metallica's "One" music video was pretty hilarious, especially due to the tempo inaccuracies that eerily resembled their live flubs circa the 1997-98 live era

New one just posted:

Satriani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nwFKkV9r6A

we have a winner.

Iron Maiden vid is great for the time StSanders breaks into the Ringling brothers theme

damn, i should've put these on my year-end music list!

When I first saw the Eddie Van Halen video, I thought he was just really drunk until it got the "Iron Man" part. I knew that EVH could not fuck up "Iron Man" that bad. Then I got the joke.

These are so great.

I saw that people are starting to copy this style ie Judas Priest Shreds. Not nearly as funny...

I dunno, that Priest one is pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI

The Priest one is stomach clutchingly funny.

Oscar Peterson shreds

New StSanders one I hadn't seen yet: Paco De Lucia. Pay close attention to all the guys in the back of the set, because he matched their sounds too! This guy is so dedicated to his art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9g3ymsDk4

The new Anssi Kela one is hilarious too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAPHu7yDB9Y

The lone clapper at the end sort of justifies the whole existence of the internet.

The Van Halen one was the first I ever saw. And is still my fav, dunno why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstApYoLUM4&feature=related

the dude who made these was on Jimmy Kimmel's show .. with Slash as the guest! he is a Finnish guy, and apparently the show flew him over and it was his first time ever in America!

saw it over X-mas break. Kimmel was a total retarded douchebag towards the guy ... it was obvious he didn't "get it". But the guy tried to do his thing live, holding a guitar, to a video of a Slash performance. Then the man himself got onstage and "jammed" next to the guy. Completely bizarre.

And is THAT on youtube?!?

hahahaa.... while indeed it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpXB5MSTDfQ

oh, and i see i actually watched when I was back in Rochester for my g-ma's funeral, not X-mas .. got my Rochester trips mixed-up :(

yeah, that was um ... yeah

can't help but feel that whoever set that up didn't quite *get it*

The guy got the kind of reception Andy Kaufman was always striving for.

funniest YouTube comment exchange:

Papilindo11 (1 week ago) Show Hide Marked as spam

this is kind of stupid and boring, the dude is not doing anything that makes him standout

mtoivo (6 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam

I agree. No wonder he and Axel Rose don't get along.

humorless metalheads get dude shut down

Why am I not surprised it's Yngwie behind that.

stsanders unleashed the fucking fury

Ojala said that while he has no plans to file a lawsuit, his dubbed creations fall under Fair Use and his censorship by YouTube is unjust.

Fair Use applies to legal matters, not what a company allows to be posted to their website.

If they sued him, yes, it would be unjust.

Right, but they cited copyright infringement in their removal of the vids.

He's saying there wasn't any copyright infringement cuz Fair Use etc

I don't know jack about copyright law, so he may be hilarious rong, but eh

I'm willing to bet that using 5 straight minutes of someone else's video doesn't fall under Fair Use.

If you can't watch "shred" videos on YouTube, what is it for, anyway?

^ actual fact

I'll bet it was one of those guys in Santana's band.

They didn't like that he made them appear to be playing "out of clave."

Goddammit, I had JUST found out about these (always assumed this thread was about serious shredding appreciation and thus completely avoided it). Are they anywhere else, like on the shadier YouTube knockoffs or something?

RIP

!

Dammit, that sucks.