What many musicologists and guitar fans overlook is that AH is not just the greatest guitarist of modern times but that he wrote his own language in which harmonic and melodic textures could be expressed. Its not just his solos that challenge us...in a modern sense they don't harmonically make sense. He first created a harmonic universe in which his soloing would articulate his thoughts. Beyond genius. A once in a lifetime prodigy.
@islandguy9380
8 жыл бұрын
not to mention his most exquisite, delicate use of the whammy bar ;) great player all around. loved his acoustic playing with UK, particularly in the acoustic work before the song "nevermore" on the first UK album. holdsworth was one of the reasons I picked up the acoustic guitar in the first place and learned to play. stellar player, great guy :)
@FabioDiAngelo
8 жыл бұрын
+Broadfieldpoint I try to learn something new from him every time i pick the guitar...
@juancarrion1519
7 жыл бұрын
Broadfieldpoint "as a man thinks, so is he" out of this world!!!
@gregoryberdon6587
7 жыл бұрын
Allan's approach was geometric.
@Snowbound2643
7 жыл бұрын
not a prodigy. he worked his ass off. inherently creative would be a more fitting description.
@Bawookles
10 жыл бұрын
Probably the greatest guitar solo of all time.
@MrPyroguru
8 жыл бұрын
+Bawookles Check out Mac Man.... I know it's synthaxe but it sounds like the guitar and is really awesome!
@Bawookles
8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Williams His Synthaxe stuff is great! But it's more amazing to me when he can make an electric guitar sound the way he gets it to sound.
@lukevanworkum3260
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Williams, this is guitar, not synthaxe
@MrPyroguru
7 жыл бұрын
Luke Vanworkum I know.
@MrPyroguru
7 жыл бұрын
Luke Vanworkum Mac Man is Synthaxe.
@PecktheTownCrier
7 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth makes me feel like anything is possible.
@RogerSullivanNOLA
7 жыл бұрын
RIP....this is some of the greatest soloing ever done on guitar. The guitar world is a lot darker without Allan Holdsworth.
@ThePhobos100
6 жыл бұрын
At least he has left a legacy of music. If i ever had a chance, I would have wanted to have seen him live, but sadly I never did.
@user-uo8yh9tb8g
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThePhobos100 was very lucky to see him three times in the 1980s in Cambridge, MA... took me a couple of weeks before I even wanted to play again...he just destroyed me... Allan and Sonny Greenwich are my favorite guitarist... and though in different ways, both are very much Coltrane guys
@karma0522
10 жыл бұрын
Arguably the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. And I disagree with anyone who says the "sound" could use an update - Holdsworth's tone is golden on this recording. I'd call this "lightening in a bottle", but Holdsworth has recorded so much great material you have to finally admit to yourself - this was probably "average" for him. To the rest of us mortals, I bow before such inspired and unique creativity.
@ericwedin4154
3 жыл бұрын
Heard him play this song live on atleast three occassions, totally different solos each time. Amazing one in a century musician.
@briannorman952
3 жыл бұрын
Untouchable
@HardMetalString
3 жыл бұрын
That guitar tone is awesome and unique
@gflorko
10 жыл бұрын
This would still be years ahead of its time, even if it were released today.
@dextershumba7262
10 жыл бұрын
words fail me!
@MrPyroguru
8 жыл бұрын
+gflorko There are people who can play like him now but not back then.
@newvultraz
8 жыл бұрын
This music will always be ahead of any time.
@investorart58
6 жыл бұрын
Won't be grasped for at least 100 years
@TonalWorks
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Williams: That's because Allan entered "then" and not now. He has inspired so many musicians and to such a high degree over the years. His approach to melody, harmony, technique and phrasing was totally new and I don´t think it would have emerged from anyone else.
@RaymondPeckIII
10 жыл бұрын
My heart always starts racing as the tune shifts before the solo. I've heard this hundreds of times and I still can't believe what I'm hearing, every time.
@MrPyroguru
9 жыл бұрын
You mean 1:28? Right before the solo where everything godly begins?
@RaymondPeckIII
9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, where you suddenly hear that danger is at hand.
@MrPyroguru
9 жыл бұрын
Raymond Peck LOL I always loved this part too! Allan wanted to play the saxophone instead of the guitar when he was little. His father suggested guitar. Thank the Lord above!
@RaymondPeckIII
9 жыл бұрын
He would have been amazing on any instrument, but bringing a sax sensibility to guitar helped him achieve a unique voice.
@KirkSandall
7 жыл бұрын
That's funny you say that. I always have the same reaction.
@joybangshi8286
4 жыл бұрын
I'm also appreciating the drummer and the bassist.
@Revelator2025
8 жыл бұрын
My All-Time favorite Holdsworth guitar solo. Period.
@danielreyna7897
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@stotten70
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a BIG Meshuggah fan and I've always heard that Frederik, their lead guitarist, was heavily influenced by Allan. After hearing this, there's no doubt in my mind that it's true! KILLER SOLO!!!
@PastPerspectives3
5 ай бұрын
The solo in New Millennium Cyanide Christ was what made me realize
@stettan1
7 жыл бұрын
Surely the solo is great, but the overall structure is even greater. The starting chorus section is so overwhelmingly happy, it's like sun shining through a window on a little child... and then the much darker, almost disturbing solo... and everything resolving into that chorus again. The bass playing is out of this world and with Allan's phrasing, it really stands out.
@noctilux7799
2 жыл бұрын
Just insane… Saw him in the late 90s in Amsterdam and had a talk (and a beer) after the show with him. One of the most gentle musicians i have ever met. Hopefully he gets the respect that he deserves in future Centuries.
@Kongiginga
7 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth. Best. Guitarist. Ever. R.I.P. Master.
@MBSTYLE57
3 жыл бұрын
montreal qc canada approx 1990 , standing in line for the concert, Allan walks outside along the line to get coffe for his band and crew. Ionly seem to reckognize him . he was tall , 6-1. i sort -of go ; hey Allan ! gives me this funny face and smiles and simply says; See you later at the show ! friendly and humble . I can still see his honest almost shy smile. What a giant !!! Thanks God for the legacy of his recordings, eternal stuff !!!
@jeffreyleistyna5505
2 жыл бұрын
Met him many times he was depressed mostly but I tried to convince him he was the best
@TheOneblackened
11 жыл бұрын
I like to think of Holdsworth as Coltrane applied to guitar.
@countvespasian1659
2 жыл бұрын
Those opening chords are liquid gold...
@clarksouter
12 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument!
@mching7282
3 жыл бұрын
Alllan Holdsworth was the Picasso of guitar!
@twanghang
13 жыл бұрын
The solo in this tune still knocks me out, after 25 years...
@shpilk
12 жыл бұрын
The intricacy of chord structure, dynamics and phrasing is mind boggling. And then there's the solo. Like just about every Allan Holdsworth song, each one is a total orchestration.
@eightyotters7853
7 жыл бұрын
I'm leaving my respects here for this legend, may his music live forever. Rest easy, Allan.
@davidwahlbergberglund3472
7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Allan, an incredible, otherwordly guitarist and an inspiration for all musicians. Thank you
@ThePhobos100
6 жыл бұрын
words are beyond description of how talented he was.
@henryjewell3900
Жыл бұрын
I got to see Alan Holdsworth with U.K. in the late 1970s. He was fantastic.
@boodles07
Жыл бұрын
Me too. And solo 4X. Sick..
@nickdavies1457
6 жыл бұрын
Still the most incredible guitarist ever, by a huge distance. RIP Allan
@guitarjonn7103
8 жыл бұрын
This song should be preserved in a time capsule! Still jaw dropping after all this time. Hands down the best and most original guitarist I've ever heard or seen and one of the best overall musicians as well. Plus one of the nicest, most humble guys around. He's raised the bar for guitar playing more than anyone else IMO. And not only technically, but his sense of harmony and Coltrane "sheets of sound" style are truly beautiful, creating sonic landscapes that no one else has ever done on 6 strings.
@mgerakos
9 жыл бұрын
A stunning example of what can be done on essentially a one-chord vamp. His concept, tone and feel put him in a class all by himself.
@minighs
5 жыл бұрын
I love what he does on the beginning of his solo on "Hard Hat Area", which is also a one chord vamp as you probably already know. I love the color he uses!
@MrPyroguru
7 жыл бұрын
Explaining Allan Holdsworth is so simple.... He is a taste of what mankind could have been if we never fell from the very grace of God.
@stanL9
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Williams amen
@ployshihashick8240
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, Michael. Just beautiful and truthful. That is probably the greatest, profound compliment I've ever seen for any musician.
@iannelson5933
4 жыл бұрын
Quasi-mystical bullshit
@andrewlineberger7544
4 жыл бұрын
Great Comment
@markobarrows
5 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth was God manifested through an instrument. He was one of the most inventive musicians of the 20th century, and certainly the most technically adept guitar player Earth people ever heard. He was a gift.
@germandesia
4 жыл бұрын
God and the devil manifested through an instrument
@golf-freq
7 жыл бұрын
It is said that no man is an island. Allan's music, however, is an island. Now we miss him dearly, but I've been missing him since I first heard his music years ago. To me, his music is a study of separation and absence. Otherworldly structures fleetly made of sound radiate -- carried by their own momentum and perceived as a tempest of wisdom -- and compose the wildly remote island with exactly one far-flung inhabitant. The simpler truth is that most earthlings will die without ever having heard him play one note, and this in itself is tragic.
@investorart58
7 жыл бұрын
Wow! Brilliantly said. I've listened to this tune and 3 sheets thousands of times and am always blown away. It's a great pleasure to have played for 45 years now. I'm not sure if I would have been able to understand his music had I not been a player myself. He was in fact a bizarre visitation to our planet. My guitar teacher back in the late 70's and early 80's told me about AH. He said he had gone on a pilgrimage back around 77 or 78 to England just to find him and thank him. He found him in one of Allan's darker times. He said he had given up guitar at the time and was working some regular job. Could u imagine? Bill (my teacher) said that AH told him he had been fascinated by his grandfathers chordal ideas on piano and had begun trying to come up with his own unusual, stretched voicings on guitar. Then came the soloing ideas with the same stretched out format. He said that AH told him that he'd walk around with thick batteries that he had forced down against his hand between his fingers. To further the stretch - he'd tie thick string around the knuckles. This "opened" his hand. Bill told me he'd bounce between playing geometric ideas to actual scales with the notes all juggled. I just cannot get enough of AH. Tragic that he went too soon - and in such depression. I wish someone had been able to work along side him - creating more "accessable" tunes melodically - but with his rich tonal chord voicings and incredible soloing.
@othusa
4 жыл бұрын
@@investorart58 Wonderful information about AH, thanks for sharing:)
@dmmjq2
9 жыл бұрын
Love this tune!!! The most vicious solo I've ever heard...
@steveg5045
8 жыл бұрын
Man he just burns on this solo really sounds like a horn so awesome!!!
@carloscappellini1687
2 жыл бұрын
Chad is impecable, incredible, genius, so musical. He really defines drumming.
@christianlandaetatorres15560
7 жыл бұрын
Just last night I shared this great track on a FB group during a special Easter celebration programme. A pity such great talents are leaving so early. Thank you for the amazing music and rest in peace, Mr Holdsworth (1946-2017)
@MajorMasshole
13 жыл бұрын
This was the first Allan Holdsworth album I heard. I have since spent much time seeking out all the rest of his material. The man is a God!
@radjet
4 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth is my favorite all-time player. He is as close to a singularity on guitar as any could be. Saw him live on the I.O.U. tour in 1982 in NYC...blew my mind!! He created a new lexicon for the guitar. Personally, I still prefer the "fire" in his early years '73-'76 from Tempest. to Soft Machine, and Tony Williams Lifetime (when he actually would even bend a string occasionally!). The only person who I've seen that comes close to Allan's combination of technical mastery, improvisational, and mind-blowing originality (in a different genre) in every solo and piece is "The Humbler" Danny Gatton. Never thought I'd say it, until I watched his videos.
@5150Rockstar
7 жыл бұрын
That tension and release though....
@kurtgreen9511
8 жыл бұрын
I stared listening to him when he was on Jean-Luc Ponte's amazing album, "Enigmatic Oceans." Saw him with U.K. in '78 at the Orpheum in Boston. Since I moved to LA a few years ago, I have seen him perform locally several times. Got a change to speak with him during a mid-concert break at Calalina's in Hollywood. Great guy and my favorite guitarist.
@tscoletti431
5 жыл бұрын
Kurt Green I was there ... my first concert! Burning but on the headstock stage right. Amazing!!!
@kelvinpanesar6511
5 жыл бұрын
I read about AH in Guitar for the Practicing Musician when Alex Lifeson could not say enough good things about him. I bought Metal Fatigue on cassette back in 1985 after I heard him play on Jean Luc Ponty's album, Nostalgia. I was blown away by his guitar solos on Nostalgia. I qeued up "Devil" and while I listened to those frighteningly awesome legato runs I thought "no human can play that way". I must have rewound the tape at least 2 dozen times that day. Life was never the same since. Still devastated to this day with the loss of this Gentleman!!!! Anyways, Cheers!!!
@cosmicjazzman4817
6 жыл бұрын
Always been one of my favorite guitar solo's of Allan's. Because it sounds ballsy and beautiful, regardless of how technical it is or isn't. It's pure honest musical expression. It sounds bad ass because it IS badass. Not one of my favorite albums like. I,O,U or The Sixteen Men of Tain but one my favorite tunes
@mistrynp
12 жыл бұрын
one of the most mind blowing solos I've heard
@Ambiator
12 жыл бұрын
The faster solo parts of this piece rip my head of everytime I take a listen of this one...one of a kind, indeet!
@darwincarrington8911
12 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this was Ft.Gordon Georgia, 1986. I bought the cassette at the Mall in Augusta (Peachtree?). I heard Allan's solo and I remember saying to myself "I am so not WORTHY!" I was not having much fun playing guitar, as I recall. This man put the fun back into playing again. He helped me to re-discovery my innocence. I am forever grateful for his works! Guitar legend indeed!!!
@SimulacronX
2 жыл бұрын
Miss you Allan!!
@jsilence418
9 жыл бұрын
I still have the flexi record of this tune it was included in an issue of Guitar Player magazine.
@gflorko
9 жыл бұрын
jsilence418 I remember when that came out. I had it too.
@MarkJPerry
8 жыл бұрын
+jsilence418 Ditto - this track still sounds astonishing today. Timeless, effortless (sounding!) genius. Would Simon Cowell know who he is?... No... probably best kept that way!
@brettmorris122
8 жыл бұрын
yep still cant play the tab
@devolve42
7 жыл бұрын
I had a flexidisc of Holdsworth demonstrating the SynthAxe. I wish I still had it.
@Fontsman
Жыл бұрын
An extraordinary piece of music. Allan plays with both control and absolute abandon. He worked his arse off and bent the guitar to his will and vision. There will never be another. RIP Maestro.
@rilledulu
7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna miss this guy..... A lot.... :(
@beagleguitar
13 жыл бұрын
The solo in this song is beyond wicked. It's in a class all by itself; and it's great to hear Allan actually being a bit bluesy in bits!
@RavishingRebecca
2 жыл бұрын
I got to see him perform this up close at the Coach House in The OC in the ‘80s. This solo was a highlight of the set. This is the best fusion I’ve ever heard. RIP
@nickdavies1457
2 жыл бұрын
For me, after 47 years of playing guitar and as many years of listening to almost everything, the greatest solo of all time, bar none, without question
@spuriousblurting7902
7 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth will never die. His spirit and his genius will love forever through his music. It reverberates throughout the cosmos.
@virgilrw
5 жыл бұрын
It sounds like he's just toying with the guitar and making brilliant Impeccable music in the process! ☆☆☆☆☆ #RIP!
@craigroberts9890
8 жыл бұрын
GOOD FRICKIN GRIEF, SURREAL LIQUID FLOWING SCHIZOPHRENIC PLAYING. LIKE HIGHLY CHARGHED WATER FLOWING DOWN A FAST MOVING STREAM. OMG.
@investorart58
7 жыл бұрын
Allan comes to about 187 "forks in the road" during most solos - and goes both directions - and it makes fucking sense. Chills every time I've listened to this solo - 3 sheets, Tokyo Dream etc etc..... Mr Holdsworth - I wish u had gotten help before the booze took u out. Broke my heart to lose your presence on Earth. Not merely the greatest guitar player - but the greatest PLAYER - the greatest chord ideas..... a musical mystery and miracle.
@jimcrawford2219
Жыл бұрын
Music on a higher plain...I love it!
@ZenZill
10 ай бұрын
A solo that keeps you mystified every single listen.
@user-uo8yh9tb8g
2 жыл бұрын
By far the greatest guitar solo I've ever heard, unbelievable. I was lucky yo see IOU three times back in Boston, Ma, and once opening for Chick Corea's Electric Band with Frank Gambale on guitar. After the first show I couldn't bring myself to play for about a week, and I was an everyday player for years at that point... but he so blew me away it took a while to recoup and just realize I wasn't him....fact is, nobody could really touch him for almost 50 years... to me the greatest electric guitar soloist of all-time... RIP great man, you changed so many players idea of what was even possible and your music/playing will live on for generations as a shinning example of originality and uncommon skill.
@ericwedin4154
3 жыл бұрын
Favourite song, probably listened to a million times by now
@coolguitarchannel
3 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsorth is a beacon of lighten in a world of darkness.
@Manolian
13 жыл бұрын
There's Allan, then there's everybody else!
@massimofranceschiniblog2420
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best guitar solo ever!
@e1337air
10 жыл бұрын
by god these soli are so so good. insane...
@flappospammo
8 жыл бұрын
you can see why evh idolises him on this - staggering stuff
@smitlag
4 жыл бұрын
This solo goes to Mars and back. Allan was the unreachable star.
@MST-xh5qe
9 жыл бұрын
They make perfect sense if you understand Implied Harmony, Chord Substitution and exotic scales and modes.
@snoolee7950
9 жыл бұрын
+MST3000 that and his dynamic technique in the hands
@virtuosodm3327
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever heard another electric guitar player with Alan's amazing legato technique,and the tone (mind you) from a legato approach is unimaginable.I would love to put Alan as my favorite guitarist/musician/virtuoso,but I personally feel that music has many different sides.There is a time for every mood of music.However,I feel music should have one essential objective:To create beautiful,Artistic notes,melodies,phrasings,etc...whether slow or fast or 3 notes or 3 thousand,etc...This is why I love the composer Bach.Although I'll always enjoy the feeling I get listening to Alan for years to come,being that I just literally listened to him for the first time a few days ago,I don't think I could ever cite him as my favorite electric guitarist,That slot remains reserved for Steve Vai,a guitarist who is much more than technique.I can't wait to discover more of Alan's work!
@Timliu92
5 жыл бұрын
That solo was incredible! A wonderful mix of complexity and feel all at the same time, with an incredible amount of tension and release that acted like a surging storm in my mind when I listened to it. RIP Allan - although I am not into his music much, he certainly is a legend that will be missed!
@alexlewis8468
7 жыл бұрын
Im not the biggest AH fan, but this track is absolute gold!!!!!!!
@tedgeoghan950
7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P you were and always will be my fav player .....uncanny solos .....devil take. !!!
@jeffreyleistyna5505
2 жыл бұрын
Makes us appreciate Trane Parker and other jazz kings
@jeffreyleistyna5505
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful sonic journey
@fiquitoyunque
5 жыл бұрын
I believe the first half of this song was featured in a plastic record, an insert within Guitar Player magazine back in the early 1980s. I was a teenager at the time. Obviously, the sound quality wasn’t the best in a plastic 45, but I took it to the turntable, played it, didn’t care for the song until the solo... and my jaw muscles are still suffering from the drop. Unbelievable, to this day. He played a university auditorium here in Puerto Rico that is just two miles from home. I missed the show. I’ve been regretting it ever since...
@glueforall
13 жыл бұрын
The solos of course....are astounding....but my favorite part is the bass telegraphing the tail end of Allan's first solo with the quick 'call and response' flurry of notes around 2:23...amazing
@Ben-cx5fe
2 жыл бұрын
Godly genius
@adolfozelubowski8688
6 жыл бұрын
Allan takes me for a ride in his UFO everytime I listen to this...those chord changes, out of this world!
@scot972
10 жыл бұрын
2.20 alien Allan starts the unexplicable
@powderdtoast69
10 жыл бұрын
that fucking guitar.
@fisicobatera
13 жыл бұрын
This song is really awsome! The two solos actually blow my mind every time a hear them!! Allan is fucking insane. I guess he's connected to some spaceship when he composes.
@MyFabio61
11 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth the best !!!
@danielsgrunge
2 жыл бұрын
It’s just that good
@stratblacknosugar.5125
2 жыл бұрын
Floppy record in ,,, guitar magazine, when I was a lad, epic other worldly musician.
@surfyogi
10 жыл бұрын
Cruizin in the stratosphere dude.. 4x generations ahead of mankind as an organism. Lonely as well as very fun too..
@citizenagenda
10 жыл бұрын
and...NO MSG!
@bradking1067
6 жыл бұрын
baddest in these parts of the galaxy folks God loves you deeply
@sergioraiola1754
5 жыл бұрын
Holdsworth único e irrepetible...
@giancarlodragonetti9100
5 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary execution from a Genius of all time !!!
@bottleforty1
5 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth Maestro. Creator of the Guitar-Violin sound.
@ApeLikeCreature
12 жыл бұрын
You can hear so much of what Eddie VH learned for his solo work on Fair Warning, Diver Down and 1984.
@Heaven-dy9lj
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah took Allan's genius, dumbed it down and made millions from the people who think Eddie is the last word in guitar. Stll Eddie gave Allan credit and gave him a big record deal.
@Sviolinist
12 жыл бұрын
It took me a week to learn that fast lick that he plays near the start of the solo. Crazy ass lick. This guy is a guitar legend.
@numbers7889
3 жыл бұрын
I really liked the way he played. This song sounds like it would be the theme song to a late night news show. Or maybe even the music played at some futuristic shopping mall
@gflorko
11 жыл бұрын
Well, Holdsworth rules, no matter what.
@Edmouk
7 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr Holdsworth.
@pedrotemperani2301
Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@keithbarnhart6952
10 жыл бұрын
Uniquely amazing!
@glueforall
11 жыл бұрын
Right after 1:47.....the benchmark for controlled sustain / verge of feedback....such a master
@ApeLikeCreature
12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, listen to Ed's solo work on the albums after Woman and Children First. You will hear less Bluesy, Clapton, 70's type runs on the fretboard. Thy are replaced with Holdsworth inspired runs. Ed loved Allan. If I remember correctly, he helped Allan get a nice record deal back in the early 80's.
@jdhrap
11 жыл бұрын
2:50-2:54 tease....2:55-3:02 take that!!!!!! Allan is simply sick. Listen to the solo in the middle 10, 20 , 30 times in a row. GD!!!
@erickborling1302
3 жыл бұрын
How many listeners are following along ON TIME as the phrase ending at 3:03 bursts through the clouds?
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