Mick is criminally under-rated, and it makes me sad. Sure he wasn't overly technical or flashy, but his riff and solos fit perfectly. His solos flawlessly complimented the songs. Nothing more, nothing less, and that's just fine And OMG that picture of Eddie in the background 😍
@1badsteed
Жыл бұрын
She's only 15...She's the reason, the reason that I can't sleep! Nikki was a fan of Tracii Lords,who started acting in ADULT movies when she was 15
@K.V.H.
Жыл бұрын
@@1badsteed All in the name of, All in the name of ROCK N' ROLL!! 🤘
@SkeeterMcBeater
Жыл бұрын
The best riffs aren't the ones with technical & harmonic complexity. The best riffs are the ones that get the mammaries jiggling. Also, that double-cut is beautiful.
@mazbou
Жыл бұрын
I have always liked the music and the playing on Motley Crue songs but I just can't stand Vince Neil...just can't. This video demonstrates the music perfectly! Thanks Uncle!
@ericklingenberg5309
Жыл бұрын
He was tolerable for a time, but now he just can't perform at all!
@thedoctormd1
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see no heavy distortion. MM was/is such a clean and solid picker.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! Those tones have a lot less gas on them than most people think.
@nahnotsomuch2292
Жыл бұрын
35+ years later and Wild Side still gets me fired up. Hands down my fav Motley tune.
@Richorob
Жыл бұрын
Same!
@Vulneravariable
Жыл бұрын
I saw Motley Crue on their first farewell tour. I arrived as a Tommy Lee fan (I mean, a rotating drum set is hard to beat). Then something involuntary happened: Mick Mars melted my face. It was a good show, but Mick Mars absolutely carried that concert. He’s a beast.
@brianbrian1769
Жыл бұрын
Every guitarist wishes they'd been a drummer and every drummer wishes they'd been a guitarist. 5th law of feral dynamics. Maybe 6th. I lost count.
@futarydary
Жыл бұрын
check out his guitar track from the latest 2022 tour. GUY IS A BEAST
@shanemiller6982
Жыл бұрын
Ben , you were my first KZitem guitar channel and your still my favorite.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Huzzah! Thank you!
@kiim_caam
Жыл бұрын
I love hearing covers of this song, fucking Mick man. Fuckin Mick Mars “Thanks babe”
@RizoftheDead
Жыл бұрын
I share the sentiment that they went into this album with the idea of supplying strip music for all eternity, and bless them for it.
@gkroberts7816
Жыл бұрын
Live wire. Down stroke awesomeness Mick has always been an under rated player. He makes Motley Crue sound the way they do. Just look at when he guest plays with Crash Diet ( I dont care) who sound great as is btw. He brings their sound to another level. Love Mick. Guys a gun.
@KingBeevr
Жыл бұрын
Dude, you are making me feel super old. In '87 I was just hitting my teenage years. I went to my first concert, Def Leppard/Tesla, in November. I was 14 and life was glorious.
@perpetualbystander4516
Жыл бұрын
And I was 19, but life was still glorious. 😁
@richardspillers6282
Жыл бұрын
Be old, the rest of us will be jealous.
@dirktucker77
Жыл бұрын
I love D standard tuning. It sounds awesome
@Jeffmetal42
Жыл бұрын
I know John 5 is a crazy good guitar player, but Crue will never be the same without Mick. He was the heart and soul behind anything they ever did that was awesome. They should have just let their final tour actually be their final tour.
@simonpsychosis2812
Жыл бұрын
That all-downpicked riff in Live Wire would give most guitarists carpal tunnel syndrome. Brutal.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
So fast!!!!
@fatShowPony
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing that in the cover band I used to be in, I had to stretch my wrists (holding a drumstick then twisting out) otherwise I kept cramping up.
@deigov
Жыл бұрын
Appetite For Destruction! Both Izzy's and Slash''s riffs
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Oh that’s definitely coming!
@johnmorrison9883
Жыл бұрын
@@BenEller Yay
@Doctor-Shoebill
Жыл бұрын
How about a Ratt retrospective? I'd like a breakdown of some DeMartini work.
@BLeeFAFO
Жыл бұрын
DeMartini is cool, But Crosby was the King in Ratt. Not much of a shredder but his solos are very bluesy & melodic. He was chief songwriter as well. Word has it Mars wanted him to join Motley, But even though Robbin & Nikki were best friends & former roommates he balked. Mars & Crosby would've been hella cool.
@577buttfan
Жыл бұрын
Lay it down is such a badass riff!
@warrencantero
Жыл бұрын
Sesame Street wtf!!!!!! 😂
@StuPedassol
Жыл бұрын
I too, was just a wee lad back then and growing up thrash/punk, meant I wasn't really "allowed" to enjoy Crüe stuff. However, as I matured and kinda took that "I dont care" attitude to it's natural conclusion, I found myself enjoying some of the carefree, Mars' driven rock. Thanks, Uncy Bang!
@Jeffmetal42
Жыл бұрын
man, I know exactly what you mean ab being in the Thrash scene and not being "allowed" to like certain things. I used to have hide to enjoy Gangster Rap and other styles of music. It followed me into my Death Metal conversion but In my early to mid 20's I stopped giving a shit and finally was free to listen to whatever. Silly looking back, but getting caught up in a scene can do weird stuff to a person. 🤘Cheers!
@brianbrian1769
Жыл бұрын
You did the thing with the u. How'd you do that. Ű AHA! Thänks I really didn't know how to do that. Ü r a good teacher
@JustAdude291
Жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite crue album too, bad boy boogie and all in the name of, dancing on glass, wild side, so many of my favorite motley crue songs. So sleezy and blusey sounding, I love Mick Mars
@shawnpedersen6330
Жыл бұрын
Great rhythm guitar please do the solos🤘
@RazorRiley
Жыл бұрын
Love it, Mick Mars is why I started playing 27 years ago this week! 🤘🏽
@beforethunder4987
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was a big influence on me as well.
@Black-Viper75
Жыл бұрын
Mick is the reason I started playing guitar. Wild Side, Dancing On Glass and All In The Name Of... are some of his coolest riffs. I still love playing them after all these years. #iStandWithMick
@patrick6951
Жыл бұрын
Hey Uncle Ben! Great stuff! Love the old Crue licks, classics. Wondering if you’d do suicidal tendency pledge your allegiance, guitar lesson. Thanks
@frostyriffs
Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff. I wanted tattas painted on the back of my guitar just like Mick did. Skip to 1988 and Zakk Wylde hit the scene with the boss man. No rest for the wicked retrospective would be cool.
@lailer1975
Жыл бұрын
“No rest for the wicked” would be great.
@lifeson8362
Жыл бұрын
Mick is MC 😎🤟 w out him they wouldn't have got past SATD! Please dont put Nikki in same sentence as great bass player, songwriter maybe but bass 😂
@DennisAlvey
Жыл бұрын
It’s all about Too Fast for Love for me. It was a steady decline from there. Though Shout is still pretty great, too. I will say that if G,G,G was produced a little less bubble gum, I might like it more. Wild Side would be great (to me) if it had the production of the one with Corabi, or Shout. Get rid of those stupid backup singers. It might rock and reflect the lyric more.
@foley15136
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I posted my first comment before watching the video all the way through. Turns out that I was wrong. I wasn’t playing that song. I was playing what I *thought* that I heard in that song.
@KarlKarsnark
Жыл бұрын
Gods bless Mick Mars. One of the all-time great Riff lords with a killer tone too. \m/ (Imagine making a vid like this today. LOL! and it was what kids were watching on MTV!)
@foley15136
Жыл бұрын
If you can believe it, there was a time when a guy like me could play this song at a rally in high school. Yes, a me actually did that. A me was able to do things like that. What? You want a me to blow your mind even more? A me played “Hot for Teacher”. 😮
@davidsk8rz
Жыл бұрын
How about riff retrospective on Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak uncle
@wernervanderwalt8541
Жыл бұрын
I personally feel that Girls Girls Girls was Motley Crue's best album. Dr Feelgood is good but it feels too polished. It doesn't seem to have that raw power feel that Girls Girls Girls had.
@97stratocaster21
Жыл бұрын
Mick Mars was an expert at playing for the song, and his musical maturity made him get overlooked and slandered by a lot of the shred guitar community, which is unfortunate.
@silvertear87
Жыл бұрын
This is so cool. This is part of why I love transcribing songs. You pick apart this heavy music and find all these cool licks from blues and other genres you wouldn't think about, especially when it's slowed down.
@Mixolydio
Жыл бұрын
I’ll call the un-unhearable Sesame Street/Girls Girls Girls connection with the chorus of Juice Newton’s Angel of the Morning and Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again
@UltimateTechHub
Жыл бұрын
Sesame Street Riffs!!!! LOL
@lukehenderson436
Жыл бұрын
Stripper-me Street. “Hey Tommy, man, stripper me!” “Here you go Nikki!!”
@gibonshank3680
Жыл бұрын
My favourite Motley album as well. Super underrated.
@AlbertoHernandez-ow3xh
Жыл бұрын
Love Girls girls girls, but Kickstart my heart is where they really gave the beans
@johnnyhd
Жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson! And awesome Motley love fest. Thanks for highlighting the coolness of this album. Would love similar either the other motley albums. Of course too fast and shout although they have probably been gone through numerous times. Theatre would be awesome!!!
@23dvs
Жыл бұрын
A ‘Back in Black’ or ‘Highway to Hell’ album rundown would be cool….lots of great classic riffs!
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
How about Powerage?! Most underrated album of theirs by far!
@23dvs
Жыл бұрын
@@BenEller that’ll work 👍
@jayschulz8060
Жыл бұрын
Big bird and Elmo with Mick Mars . Yup my birth and teen years
@simonhimself1
Жыл бұрын
Same ol situation does the same thing. The classic blues riff you showed.
@randallhaney7909
Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, Cool stuff and more Cool stuff. thanks Boss, You are Appreciate.
@alanmurdock4319
Жыл бұрын
I never notice the Sesame Street connection either, and I bought the album (cassette) when it first came out.
@deadlegends5498
Жыл бұрын
I was just diving back into this album yesterday! Thank you universe for blessing me with this upload
@DeL07
Жыл бұрын
It'd be awesome to see you do a Riff Retrospective on XYZ's Hungry. Marc Diglio slayed that album!
@empirelight5477
Жыл бұрын
Riff retrospective album tour!!! Love it.❤ How about kill 'em all or master of reality?
@TLongUSA97
Жыл бұрын
Do pornographitti album tour!!!!❤❤❤
@CamArias
Жыл бұрын
Not really a fan of Motley Crue, but really enjoyed the video from your comments and riff analysis. Maybe do Aerosmith Get a Grip or Testament The Ritual next!
@jessecovey1778
Жыл бұрын
Could you do Down II? Riff Retrospective?
@LuisLondonG
Жыл бұрын
I've listened to this video 2 times yesterday and 2 times today, also going back and forth. Awesome riffs, awesome tone on your guitar!
@aerosmith7175
Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite albums thanks Ben 🤘 Could you consider doing more synyster gates or a7x videos in the future on how he makes such awesome solos
@charlesthomas9294
Жыл бұрын
Not being more than a fairly casual fan, I'm wondering to what extent Nikki is responsible for these riffs. I was under the impression that Nikki wrote the songs, but certainly Mick brought his own spin on them. Do demos exist where people can compare the original vision with what things ended up sounding like after the full band got their hands on them?
@hikimad1523
Жыл бұрын
So what you're telling me is it alll started with Sesame Street. Great work Ben, enjoyed the video.
@Brent-Nelson68
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a Ted Nugent influence in this song.
@jamiec9080
Жыл бұрын
Girls will always be my favorite Crue album. Because it just sounds so raw and greasy
@atomichaser
Жыл бұрын
any of the 1st or 2nd shotgun messiah albums...that would be awesome...never seen u cover a harry cody solo....almost strange...
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Dude, he’s amazing!
@MisterPoppy-sc1sj
Жыл бұрын
I like Mick Mars
@oscarrodriguez-pz3fl
Жыл бұрын
Please come back the lessons of solos great videos one of iron maiden stranger in a strange land
@leftofzeroofficial
Жыл бұрын
Mick had the three Ts, tone taste and talent. Seriously a riff monster and definitely carried motley, no way that they would have been half as big without Mick. No way.
@TheBfutgreg
Жыл бұрын
Curious how John 5 can fill in that role....he's a great player as well, much more technically gifted/skilled too so curious if he'd play by the numbers in their shows....it's said they'll never record another studio album but they say all sorts of shit that's contradicted by the flow of time
@leftofzeroofficial
Жыл бұрын
@@TheBfutgreg from what I read the other day they are recording stuff. As for Mr 5, he is a ridiculously good player, total beast but, in my personal opinion he doesn't have the swagger Mick has. Live videos are proof. He plays the songs perfectly, but definitely feels wrong .
@577buttfan
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh I think theater of pain and shout had the best.
@PC85X
Жыл бұрын
Too Young to Fall in Love is my fav riff.
@JasonMcNamara
Жыл бұрын
Stoked you included “Something For Nothing”. I remember struggling to play that riff back in the day with just a Drop D before I learnt they were tuned down a Tone across all strings. Drop D vs D Standard… two very different worlds. System Of A Down also live in D StandardVille (well with occasional Drop C’s for fun).
@SamBrockmann
Жыл бұрын
I actually wish more bands wrote chorus riffs like this. SO MANY riffs are boring these days. Power chord for a bar, different power chord for another bar, a third power chord for two bars. Rinse and repeat.
@richgh4905
Жыл бұрын
Nice job as always ben .I liked Ratt back then
@SkeeterMcBeater
Жыл бұрын
Dude, Just Push Play by Aerosmith is a slept on record by guitarists. Tracks go from sweet, hippie-dippy-trippy to 10XL t-shirt heavy. That album has a weird, beautiful, & crazy vibe. Sort of like your mom.
@davemitchell6663
Жыл бұрын
You're All I Need seems to work better to me tuned down 1/2 step. I could be wrong.
@darthdurkelthewise320
Жыл бұрын
Dude, first off I thought I was the only one that thought that melody sounded like the Sesame Street theme! I felt the same way as a kid as I was way more of a “Shout” era MC fan than I was a “Girls” fan so kudos to your wife! As the years went by I’ve grown to appreciate that record a lot more. Secondly, Mick Mars was and will always be IMO the heart & soul of Motley Crue. Personally, I even really love the “TOP” record although it’s not a band fave. All Mick’s stuff is killer and thanks Ben for featuring his greatness 🤘🏻
@c-6-c
Жыл бұрын
Obsessed w the guitar sound on this album specifically. So much muscle in it. Thank u❤️
@joshwmusic6838
Жыл бұрын
Don't mind if I do! What an amazing video. More people need to talk about Mick! Aswell as George Lynch and Warren Demartini
@MrAldi1993
Жыл бұрын
This is not a mainstream suggestion whatsoever, so no hard feelings if it doesn't make sense... The Black Dahlia Murder's album Nocturnal is a master piece of death metal and is full to the hilt with ridiculous riffs. also has some of the tastiest solos. :)
@MrAldi1993
Жыл бұрын
Their debut album Unhallowed turns 20 this year in June, and is also sick as hell. :)
@diabeticmonkey
Жыл бұрын
@@MrAldi1993 And now I feel old lol
@MrAldi1993
Жыл бұрын
@@diabeticmonkey you and me both buddy! Lol
@tehmessiah5617
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha Sesame Street / Girls Girls Girls. That’s awesome.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
It’s uncanny hhaha
@tehmessiah5617
Жыл бұрын
@@BenEller I must agree GGG is one of my favourite albums and you just made me understand why. Thank you (I don’t mean the Sesame Street link, I mean the bluesy riffs)! 😂
@asshat7160
Жыл бұрын
Dunable guitars are the absolute bomb. Iv sold many guitars I swore I'd never sell to acquire a few of those customs. Got an Asteroid and a Cyclops...next up is a yeti.
@frankkopich7156
Жыл бұрын
How about Highway to Hell please 🤘🤘🤘
@mikesurel5040
Жыл бұрын
Dear god, that sesame street/ girls girls girls thing. My wife did that to me a few weeks ago with the chorus from scorpions rock n roll band and the theme from law and order.
@DaganWilkin
Жыл бұрын
This is sublime work! 🙌
@PastirellaGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Love these, and all your videos (and you!)
@KarlKarsnark
Жыл бұрын
"Wild Side" is an EPIC! as a vid, lyrics and riff. Probably their "darkest" song. The drum solo is probably still the best ever.
@wm-nu1yf
Жыл бұрын
Saw them on this tour. First concert I had ever been to. Had to look up the lyrics to All in the Name of. Wow. And people think Seventeen by Winger is bad.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha right?! Crue has them beat by 2 whole years!
@1badsteed
Жыл бұрын
Nikki was a Tracii Lords fan. And she started at 15
@bghammock
Жыл бұрын
Too Fast, Shout, and Girls for me. Saw Crue live for the second time on the Girls tour. Great stuff live! Thanks Ben! Great retrospective! Oh crap .. Sesame Street .. AAAARRRGGGGGGHHH!!!
@zabolots
Жыл бұрын
How about a run through the Winger album Pull? I love Reb Beach
@titoxprogr11
Жыл бұрын
Ben! I need help with the creeping death solo, I would love to see you teaching that badass solo, specially now with all the people that are talking bad about my man Kirk Hammett.
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Dig it! I’ll peep it.
@mikesurel5040
Жыл бұрын
For a riff retrospective i would love to see a scorpions installment. Savage Amusement, having the misfortune of following love at first sting, often gets overlooked. Animal Magnetism would also be a great choice.
@silvertear87
Жыл бұрын
I second this. Schenker is one of my all time favorite rhythm guitarists
@brianbrian1769
Жыл бұрын
Mick MADE Motley!
@guitar.gangster
Жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben - love the channel. Been watching a while now. What speaker IR are you using in the Ox here?
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
OX doesn’t operate off IR’s, exactly! Incredible piece of gear. I wanna say I was using a patch I made off the Brit V30 cab, 57… hmm I can’t remember what secondary mic I used. I picked it to get a little less low end and more fuzzy mids than what I usually go with.
@guitar.gangster
Жыл бұрын
@@BenEller Sounded great. I use an Axe FX 3 and sometimes struggle with finding cabs that have that upper sizzle. Yours nailed it.
@judu2b
Жыл бұрын
I still remember the first night I played that record. Definitly a before and an after into my guitar journey. Actualy I made several guitar pro tabs of that album that still are references. even though, there's some mistakes. I've wrote them 10 years ago when I was a young teenage Cruehead, and there was no such tools as today. Anyway, great video !
@TristanJCumpole
Жыл бұрын
Girls Girls Girls has another really common rock trick, also used in -Dancing On Glass- _the entire album._ Open power chord, interspersed with a bend from the string below, a half or whole step down up to the root note of that chord. So cool. Were the split tracks I sent for Dancing On Glass useful, Ben? Totally agree. One of, if not THE best dirty riff container on the entire album.
@skeksis1085
Жыл бұрын
Not a lot of musical gifts with that band but Mars is one hell of a guitar player
@ponzo1967
Жыл бұрын
I was 18 when Girls came out, we had alot of fun with rhis record. Its just fun music to listen to and dabble in. Its also been fun going over the riffs, I forgot how much I miss these songs.
@Collartie
Жыл бұрын
yikes, those lyrics 'all in the name of'.... as a 16 year old kid myself when it came out, i just thought they were singing from my 16 year old point of view....sneaky F's!!
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
YIKES, indeed!
@stevebakunas4821
Жыл бұрын
Do some Suicidal tendencies Ben
@ThePhilTorretto
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Uncle Ben for once again reminding the world of what a Riff Master Mick Mars was/is and giving proper respect to Mötley Crüe in general. You are a National Treasure. 😉🤘🏼
@BenEller
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@sjung66510
Жыл бұрын
This vid was awesome and gives me a new perspective for the album. Can you do these albums for future RR: - Crue: Too Fast For Love - Crue: Shout At The Devil - White Lion: Pride - Keel: Lay Down The Law - Icon: Icon - Ratt: Invasion Of Your Privacy - Dokken: Under Lock & Key - Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet - Europe: Final Countdown
@deltalegendsguitaramplific5450
Жыл бұрын
Thänks Un̈cle Bën !
@gitaaa7740
Жыл бұрын
My fav Looks That Kill!
@davidbrassard9125
Жыл бұрын
Amazing album, one of the guitar tone ever. Underrated. The Girls Girls Girls tour with Whitesnake was an wonderful experience. 87 rules!
@1badsteed
Жыл бұрын
My first concert!
@Yttikymmug
Жыл бұрын
first time I had to turn down the volume listening to your vid! Crue loud and proud!
@ClassicPass_
Жыл бұрын
The riffs have "aged" a little better... I see what you did there Mr. Uncle. I see.
@roadbully384
Жыл бұрын
“Wild side” not Girls girls girls
@Doctor-Shoebill
Жыл бұрын
Also, could be my age and my first exposure to the Crue, it's always about Shout At The Devil for me. 🤘🏾
@SpookyApparition
Жыл бұрын
Shout at the Devil is still the first riff I play to test out pinch harmonics on new guitars/amps
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