the "[famous guitarist] shreds" videos on YouTube

I think I started a thread on these but I have no idea where or what it's called? They are great. :>

Shredding videos = lowest form of life on der 'tube.
That drummer is clearly taking the piss - ba dum pish!

The Jake E. Lee one is my favorite.

The Metallica one is amazing.

the st. sanders guy who makes all these = total hero

holy shit

Metallica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttaqVd0rOjA&mode=related&search=

santana is the best one for sure.

Here is a link with some the youtube thread chock full of goodness

Some of these wind up sounding like early boredoms

how have i missed this???

they keyboard on the clapton one is roffletastic

yeah 69 get with the program

Eric Clapton shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=nCzUMjCykn8

Eddie Van Halen shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=CXbCt_1mrak

Slash shreds - http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEwIRZ9pLCM

Steve Vai shreds in Denver - http://youtube.com/watch?v=_s3Sk8o3xaU

Jake E. Lee shreds -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM&

-- Milton Parker, Thursday, 20 September 2007 00:57 (1 month ago) Link

(I usually started people on the Eric Clapton because it's the most plausible and disarming, then once warmed up, into the Metallica / Van Halen / Santana and then the Jake E Lee is the knockout)

stsanders' little comments for each video are key ("02:46-03:10 hyper improvisation jam") and anyone who has Focus- Hocus Pocus (live '73) on his favorites = my kind of fellow

oh shit new iron maiden one!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AkAx-j9whiA

ok thats the best one

i dont get it

thats because you are kind of slow

oh my God the maiden one

Jake E. Lee one is a champ, too.

yeah the clapping on the Jake E Lee one (not the audience, the Ozzy claps) are so sad and wonderful and hilarious

i don't get it either. LOL old guys playing guitar...?

r u srs

haaaaahahaha

aaahahaha

i guess the joke is that theyre dudes who dont normally play lengthy abstract guitar solos but dude made it look like they do.... ok then

Django:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rBR0ujRmA

wait til you guys see the parody snoop video where instead of rapping about bitches and hoes hes rapping about - get this - biscuits and scones!

I love how the drums are always made by some 1993 casio keyboard

and so far the vocals I've heard have been samples from I think Mario and the stock "scream" from movies

Fred Durst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UQ_ZhC-1CU

what are you guys thinking, making light of people who enjoy crafty guitar work, & rhymes about biscuits & scones

the keyboard at about 1:14 in the Santana one is just the greatest thing of all time

ethan it's not "lengthy and abstract," it's "comic"

I've been watching these daily and still manage to come to tears every time.

I can't decide if Clapton or Santana is my favorite - Santana, overall, has the funniest ensemble humors - the interplay between the keyboardist and Carlos is priceless. But Clapton's facial expressions and body language make for a funnier subject of focus.

I've emailed this to many friends and relatives without explanation and it's amazing how many of them are like "what's wrong with Clapton? When is this from?" Hahahaha....

also "terrible" but everything's just in synch enough to plausible (almost)

xpost

ethan still doesnt seem to get it

My favorite is the Van Halen one where it goes into a brief bit of "Iron Man"--dudes, I was on the floor....dying!

maybe one of you geniuses can explain it better

i guess the joke is that theyre dudes who dont normally play lengthy abstract guitar solos but dude made it look like they do

the opposite of this

the subjects of these videos are generally regarded as great guitarists. but the music is...not that good!

Favorite moments:

Keyboard player in Clapton vid @ 0:38
Percussion dude in Santana vid @ 0:26 saying something into the mic
Fuck it, the whole Santana vid

The first of these I saw made me gently smile once. If I don't find them funny more than once does that mean I have no joy in my heart? They just seem funny like ironic cover versions are funny, i.e. never-to-once and barely.

got it during the slash one

i have such a faint idea of how clapton plays anything except the radio hits that, watching that one first, i was just like "err whats the big deal?"

funnier than these videos = picturing aw trying to decipher spinal tap

the subjects of these videos are generally regarded as great guitarists. but the music is...not that good!

-- gff, Monday, October 22, 2007 8:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

do u need to like eric clapton to find this funny?

NO!!!!

i dont get the big joke of sitting through a 5 minute guitar solo video to find out that rock music isnt very interesting to listen to

hhaaahahaha ethan you really don't get these at all

This thread makes my heart sing!

the music here is to rock music what me rapping would be to rap, you dig?

the joke is people playing horrible music.

Given the hysterical response to that video, it's clear that I should continue to keep my Beaterator tracks to myself.

holy fucking shit this rules

I was curious enough to go watch the original video, and in only made the shred one funnier.

the st. sanders guy who makes all these = total hero

― J0hn D., Monday, October 22, 2007 2:57 PM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that mixer preview is amazing tho

omg i missed this one from a few years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbGPGDgOQI

have the original St. Sanders Shreds videos ever been re-uploaded to YouTube? i was really bummed when they got taken down & that was years ago

another classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22i57u2eMDE

Dying... I hadn't seen that before

omg when chick goes through all the different stupid presets in his keyboard!

Maneater
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l56Hdjx0ckg

oh my god that Corea + Hancock video is so well synced up

the grin on Herbie's face is killin me right now

and yes @ that Hall & Oates one...pew! pew! pew!! gettin a Legion of Rock Stars vibe from that one

still think the Elvis one's never been topped but man, these are all so good

I went back and watched the Eddie Van Halen one, which might have been the first or one of the first I ever saw, and it still kills me.

the part where he plays a little bit of iron man and fucks it up, holy shit

https://news.avclub.com/its-3-p-m-lets-watch-fred-durst-unleash-an-astonishin-1826142870

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MI-_jWAmlE

i have seen this and to be fair to fred, i believe he was sound checking

“Ill fated shredding”

I thought this was a St Sanders esque redub with hilariously bad vocals but...nope. actually Vince Neill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdQnZLEWNo

omg

It was a treat to see Questlove discover and fall down the *SHREDS* rabbit hole a few weeks back, he was posting tons of videos on his Instagram story.

I love to revisit them. Still haven't lost their shine.

wait what the hell are the actual lyrics then

Nobody knows, the scrolls were lost

I still laugh out loud when I think of the end of Help, "ELM.....BEEF!!!......ELM!!!!!.....BEEF!!!"

so meta:

🐟🐠🐡🐙🌲🐠🐳🐬🐟 pic.twitter.com/33LQaxCHif

— 100 gecs (@100gecs) November 21, 2019

H and I still often quote the Bohemian Rhapsody vid: "It's my bad cool dad!" "WE MIGHT BE HAVING FIIIISH" etc. I think sometimes we don't even remember where it came from when we're saying it, these are just things that we say.

I hadn't seen the Celine Dion 'My Heart Will Go On' one until recently but my god there is one particular moment in there where I'm pretty sure I laughed so hard I ruptured something.

Vince Neil is without a doubt the worst singer I have ever seen perform.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwTP1-WL5Y

^ The most diplomatic guy ever, and apparently Sammy Hagar's cousin.

Vince and Paul need to tour together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LNXOIGuxHU

Paul demonstrating why you never schedule extensive oral surgery immediately prior to a gig.

the jessie j one is my all-time favourite of these

This SHREDS video of Journey's Separate Ways always makes me laugh because it banks on the fact that no instrument is actually plugged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8ffB9JU64

I don't know if it's an actual 'shreds' video or a 'musicless' music video as the title implies but it's sort of the same concept.

ok I see now by looking at the related videos that the 'musicless music video' is another thing but they live in the same awkward universe as the shreds ones. I'll be right back I will be watching as many as I can.

I feel like this one was shared earlier in here but it makes a ridiculous music video even better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc

the ableton 10 tweet died so here's the og video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UlKCqtZrc

Is this also the thread to share “fails” vids? Prince fails etc

xpost I still think that is the funniest thing ever. I lose my shit at the air horn.

Tamplin wasn't so diplomatic with Sebastian Bach, lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXQJc2aoRA

I don't know where else to post this, but 10 years ago on YouTube there was a version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" where the vocal track was about a quarter second behind the beat, and it was hilariously bad, and I can't stop thinking about it today.

I heard an anecdote from David Gamson (producer / Scritti Politti member) where he found that the separate tracks in the Pet Sounds box sit together perfectly in Protools. So he pitch shifted some of them so they were just out and made a mixdown. Then, when he next had guests round for dinner, he started a conversation along the lines of "Don't get me wrong, I like the Beach Boys but their tuning could have been better" and played them the mixdown when they asked what the heck he was talking about.

must hear.