It’s perfect comedic timing. All the other instruments get softer until they stop playing. Then all of a sudden this insane midi drumroll, and the guy playing looks like he’s concentrating so hard. This is a perfect moment.
The polite applause that sounds like parents watching somebody else's kids. Effing genius work, I've watched it many many times and still laugh at all of it!
To a musician, it is so obvious that a competent musician makes the shred vids, with strict adherence to the rules. This makes the video funny to everyone, but HILARIOUS to someone with musical background. The attention to detail is stunning, hilarious, and essential. Attention to Carlos' positioning on the neck, strumming patterns, that pitch bend thing on the keys, shows someone with skill. I have always felt that if you understand music, then little variations and funny little patterns and riffs can actually provide true comedy. Bravo, and keep it up.
There's a lot of videos that try to copy this idea, but they just do the obvious joke: they make the players sound like complete beginners. The genius of this video is that the musicians are fairly good: they are "that guy you always hear noodling around at the music store" good. But this video shows the absurdity of putting someone like that on stage before thousands of people, and in so doing illustrates what a vast gulf there really is between "that guy I know who's pretty good" and actual world-class talent.
@@Eric-xb4zm being a musician doesn’t mean you always know everything about an instrument you don’t play. And it is a pitch bender, and it’s the funniest part of the whole video.
My EXACT thought after I came back to watch this again after 11 years!! My fam is sound askeep and Im silently drowning in laugh here ! Best shred video out there!!
kevin the truck driver Way more than you'd think, yes. The people making these tend to be pretty competent musicians and they're almost always near perfectly in sync with the video.
You are THE MAN! I've been playing guitar for 25 years now and every musician friend I show this to pisses themselves laughing at this. The true brilliance of this is the little touches such as making the timbale sound like a snare or making the keyboardist quote "The Final Countdown". Long may you run my friend.
I was already laughing my ass off but at 1:12, when it sounded like the keyboards started but quickly bailed at playing "The Final Countdown" I nearly fell out of the chair I was sitting in! This is brilliant!
I have always found this video almost too difficult to watch. I laugh so hard I can't breath. This video just has so much going for it with all the different musicians. A real cacophony. And what makes me laugh the most is always something different and they are usually the things I almost can't hear. I love it, the instrumentation is either barely audible or right in your face loud and always sounds like shit. Too funny :D
This is brilliant. There are no distractions such as time signatures, or melody, and the frenetic snare drum just blows me away. Music in its purest form.
S Beiges - This sounds better then the last band was in. We must of opened for you. Were you in the second band at the Grand opening of that Guitar Center at the strip mall?? These guys was the headliners. They vastly improved since then.
This shred is by far the best one out there, it's so perfectly balanced! I've totally forgotten about it until today when a friend posted another shred video... Thank you creator, this is a masterpiece, i cant even imagine how many hours you spent putting this together!
its played with so much passion and emotion. One of the best peices of musicianship ive ever seen . Its all random and creative. Never been done before ...simply the best!
I love these. My drunk friend put some of these videos on, then went crazy when we didnt appreciate them as some of the finest shredding from the greatest guitarists in the world. I dont know how he kept a straight face, but my sober friend who is a big music fan was beside himself with anger and I laughed harder than I ever have in my life, save for Ricardo Montelbans death scene in The Naked Gun.
Guys, the creator of this video has a main channel: StSanders. There you can find many more hilarious shreds, and some of them are entirely new songs made based on what the videos show! (Like this one, but the playing is actually great)
This creator's main channel is called StSanders. There are many more amazing shred videos he's done over the years, as he's been around for a while. I absolutely recommend it!
What is the original version of this? I mean ORIGINAL, where they are really playing? I would gladly watch it after all those years of listening to this one ;)
i think it's a track from "An evening with Carlos Santana" DVD, i don't know the track name but it could be easy to find it because bassist used the upright on only two or three track
this IS humor in its purest form. I'd give it infinite stars if that were only possible. I really believe youtoob should have like, a policy where a viewer can rate a video 6/5 JUST ONCE; i would without a doubt award that to this this video. Pure undiluted hilarity.
I remember my guitar teacher showing me these videos when I was in 9th grade and cackling together. It’s such a shame that the visual humor is kind of lost now due to UA-cam changing their codecs and distorting brilliant content from the early days.
This might be one of the only videos remaining after all these years that makes me laugh till there's tears every. single. time.
Absolutely. The other day I was in tears even thinking about it.
Xillaw still here bro after 9 years
I've got a bit tougher over the years. I can get up to the Final Countdown bit nowadays before I burst out laughing.
Same. I think it's the soft clapping from the audience. Best shred ever.
Ozzy and Jake e Lee
A decade has passed, and the percussionist at 0:33 still makes me laugh hard. Some things will always be hilarious LOL.
Always makes me crack up!
i don't know how a drum roll can be so funny, but it sure is
That's the moment that always breaks me
It’s perfect comedic timing. All the other instruments get softer until they stop playing. Then all of a sudden this insane midi drumroll, and the guy playing looks like he’s concentrating so hard. This is a perfect moment.
This and 1:36 are hilarious for sure xD
The polite applause that sounds like parents watching somebody else's kids. Effing genius work, I've watched it many many times and still laugh at all of it!
This vid never gets old. :)
You do tho 11 years ago WOW UA-cam veteran
GEEZ 11 YEARS
Has it gotten old yet?
Still not old
So true
The rapid fire drums had me cracking up, fricking hilarious!
Me too.
I lose it every time on that part. xD
Yeah that got me
Lmao 🤣 😂
To a musician, it is so obvious that a competent musician makes the shred vids, with strict adherence to the rules. This makes the video funny to everyone, but HILARIOUS to someone with musical background. The attention to detail is stunning, hilarious, and essential. Attention to Carlos' positioning on the neck, strumming patterns, that pitch bend thing on the keys, shows someone with skill. I have always felt that if you understand music, then little variations and funny little patterns and riffs can actually provide true comedy. Bravo, and keep it up.
A musician who says “that pitch bend thing on the keys”...
@@Eric-xb4zm That's its actual name though. www.soundonsound.com/glossary/pitch-bend
@@Eric-xb4zm nice correction, eric!
There's a lot of videos that try to copy this idea, but they just do the obvious joke: they make the players sound like complete beginners. The genius of this video is that the musicians are fairly good: they are "that guy you always hear noodling around at the music store" good. But this video shows the absurdity of putting someone like that on stage before thousands of people, and in so doing illustrates what a vast gulf there really is between "that guy I know who's pretty good" and actual world-class talent.
@@Eric-xb4zm being a musician doesn’t mean you always know everything about an instrument you don’t play. And it is a pitch bender, and it’s the funniest part of the whole video.
Wow I should be on stage with Carlos and the band I have been playing like this all my life.
This is so hilarious. Every now and then I come around to enjoy this gem
Sounds like an afternoon at Guitar Center
Oh, God...Yes. Nailed it.
Hahahahajahaaaaaaa
Honestly it's something I would do
FACTS!!!!!!!💀💀💀💀
this is hilarious!! it's just missing somebody playin fur elise in there somewhere
I've been a fan of Santana since the 60s. I was laughing so hard I was crying, this is a totally perfect parody. Thanks for making my day.
I always loved the little touch at 3:14 with the guy pitch bending on the organ
Amen! I'm already in stitches laughing through this video and then that pitch wheel takes the laughs to the max.
My EXACT thought after I came back to watch this again after 11 years!! My fam is sound askeep and Im silently drowning in laugh here ! Best shred video out there!!
it is more funny when you think it's the hammond drawbars, but they turn it to a pitch bend style ahahahaha
I love how each instrument only makes a sound when it hits the screen.
I take my hat off to the guy who did the dubbing and having the patience to do it. Thanks for the laughs man
I hope people realize that the shreds vids are actually pretty hard to make!!
Props to the creators!!
What?? It takes talent to be so bad. On purpose??
kevin the truck driver Way more than you'd think, yes. The people making these tend to be pretty competent musicians and they're almost always near perfectly in sync with the video.
You are THE MAN! I've been playing guitar for 25 years now and every musician friend I show this to pisses themselves laughing at this. The true brilliance of this is the little touches such as making the timbale sound like a snare or making the keyboardist quote "The Final Countdown". Long may you run my friend.
LOL, the keyboardist started playing Europe
Very true
but not in f sharp minor but in easier on white keys a minor :D
I lost it at the snare fill
And the most enjoyable part of all this is that you take it so seriously. Thank you for providing me with such great ammounts of laughter.
Ironically, it takes a great musician's sensibility to sync the performance so seamlessly. This is one of my Top 10 faves on UA-cam. VERY well done!
Once in awhile someone mentions Santana and I have to come back here. It never gets old
When the StSanders stuff was first coming out, that "Final Countdown" keyboard riff at 1:11 had me in tears.
The funniest thing is how the guy has a very passionate face while playing it 😂
This is still one of my all-time favorite videos on the internet ❤
Just never gets old...
This is the greatest shred video of all time. Brings me to tears in laughter every time I watch it
I was already laughing my ass off but at 1:12, when it sounded like the keyboards started but quickly bailed at playing "The Final Countdown" I nearly fell out of the chair I was sitting in! This is brilliant!
+James K. pretty much me everytime i watch this vid. (alot)
+James K. that part is frosting on the cake of this brilliance.
I have always found this video almost too difficult to watch.
I laugh so hard I can't breath.
This video just has so much going for it with all the different musicians. A real cacophony.
And what makes me laugh the most is always something different and they are usually the things I almost can't hear. I love it, the instrumentation is either barely audible or right in your face loud and always sounds like shit. Too funny :D
And the clapping every 10 seconds lmfao
UA-cam gold at its finest. I want this on my funeral.
I had to show my guitar bud. I've watched this video so many times but I almost split my sides laughing again. Brilliant!
This is brilliant. There are no distractions such as time signatures, or melody, and the frenetic snare drum just blows me away. Music in its purest form.
I love when talented musicians come together and acheive greatness!!
Sounds like the 1st band I was ever in
WORD!
S Beiges - This sounds better then the last band was in. We must of opened for you. Were you in the second band at the Grand opening of that Guitar Center at the strip mall?? These guys was the headliners. They vastly improved since then.
This will never not be funny to me. The better I become as a musician, the funnier it gets.
This shred is by far the best one out there, it's so perfectly balanced! I've totally forgotten about it until today when a friend posted another shred video...
Thank you creator, this is a masterpiece, i cant even imagine how many hours you spent putting this together!
0:32 so fucking great has me laughing every time
Same here, mate! Mother of all snare rolls. 1:36 is not bad either!
lost it at the snare roll xD
its played with so much passion and emotion. One of the best peices of musicianship ive ever seen . Its all random and creative. Never been done before ...simply the best!
The frequent clapping from the audience is the icing on the cake
Oh, I needed a good laugh this morning and had not seen this in a while- you just rocked this!
1:11 My favorite part of all times, and yes that guy's look is priceless
This is one the funniest clips on UA-cam..!!!
I laughed my socks of :) Good quality humor..!!!
2:25 Master of Puppets?? hahahahaha
First attempts at 01:02 :D
Holy shit, I had to search through 2 years worth of comments for someone to finally link the original, THANK YOU!
omg I died when Master of Puppets kicked in
I have to watch this about once every six months, it is so perfect.
Absolutely No One: .....
Santana's Drummer: 0:32
Santana always explores new musical horizons. he still amazes me after all these years... and that fat mesa boogie sound...
wow, my band sounds just like that...
I love these.
My drunk friend put some of these videos on, then went crazy when we didnt appreciate them as some of the finest shredding from the greatest guitarists in the world.
I dont know how he kept a straight face, but my sober friend who is a big music fan was beside himself with anger and I laughed harder than I ever have in my life, save for Ricardo Montelbans death scene in The Naked Gun.
It sounds like fourteen year olds at guitar center on a Saturday afternoon.
I just love how the expressions on the faces are like "yeah we're rockin this".. oh these shreds kill me. LMAO!!
Oh my God...when Master of Puppets.....
Holy shit this is the best thing I ever saw on the internet.
that random drummer though 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow! a true masterpiece! I would pay all the money I have to go to a groovy concert like this! This beat has my whole body moving!
When life gets too real, I come here. This is gonna kill me, someday...can't...breathe...must... stop...laughing....must....turn...offffff
This is by far the best in the "shreds" video library!
here from roomie gang...
Same
Guys, the creator of this video has a main channel: StSanders. There you can find many more hilarious shreds, and some of them are entirely new songs made based on what the videos show! (Like this one, but the playing is actually great)
This is wickedly funny and still a few years later I can come back and have a good laugh :D :D
i made it till 0:32 , then i fell off my chair
lol... that snare roll gets me everytime...
Yeah, but you should've seen him at Woodstock!
I saw this band at the Woodchip '98. Was held at the old K-Mart parking lot.
I come back here once in a while for a good laugh :D
This is too good!!!
Man this guy has gone downhill. Very depressing what drugs can do to people.
LMAO WHAT
1madaboutguitar You know this is a spoof, and not Santana actually playing right? Look at the crowd obviously enjoying themselves.
nightoddity Look I am a big Santana fan but be honest and don't make excuses for him here. This performance was terrible!
Don't worry, somebody made this video and played over him haha
+Mark Bellinger sarcasm totally lost on you.
I think this is the best thing Santana has done in years he didn't miss a chord
Who is here because of Roomie?
This creator's main channel is called StSanders. There are many more amazing shred videos he's done over the years, as he's been around for a while. I absolutely recommend it!
Meeeeeeeee!!!
The fact that some people think that this is real is just a testament to the attention to detail that STSanders has put to this video. Well done.
I died 100 times, and then died again...
Wow StS even got copyright for this audio well done 💪
one of his best, laughed so hard at the time👌
The keyboardist really wanted to play something else.
Just genius pure genius, how has this not got over a million views :S
who is this? Ryan seaman told us check this out
These shred videos are SO hilarious! The Eric Clapton one is another funny one! They're all pretty good. lmbo!
0:24 weyeyayaehh
I though he said ¨What happening man!
The random drumming is what had me cracking up....brilliant!!
What is the original version of this? I mean ORIGINAL, where they are really playing? I would gladly watch it after all those years of listening to this one ;)
i think it's a track from "An evening with Carlos Santana" DVD, i don't know the track name but it could be easy to find it because bassist used the upright on only two or three track
this IS humor in its purest form. I'd give it infinite stars if that were only possible. I really believe youtoob should have like, a policy where a viewer can rate a video 6/5 JUST ONCE; i would without a doubt award that to this this video. Pure undiluted hilarity.
Needs more cowbell.
I think the shy "Final Countdown" nails it all. And the killer percussion lick.
who came here from roomie official
I really love this video man, despite being up for almost 2 years people are still completely oblivious to it.
Jacksfilms brought me here
pivotcrafter hi
I remember my guitar teacher showing me these videos when I was in 9th grade and cackling together. It’s such a shame that the visual humor is kind of lost now due to UA-cam changing their codecs and distorting brilliant content from the early days.
who else was brought here by the awesome and funny Ryan seaman
i cant get over how real this looks and sounds man!! so so hilarious
I'm hear because Ryan Seaman
same here
I really think this is Santana at his peak! Just rocking solos throughout! 😊
Who else came here because of Ryan Seaman?
Yep have you watched the one Ron said about ? It's brilliant
Hahah yes 😂
I thought I was the only one
yes 😂😂
omg, i love this movie and all the shreds, so hiliarious :D
Anyone here because if falling in reverse
my god I'm going to be up all night watching these
Not so smooth...
this is what great music will sound like 5000 years from now and people then will look back at this as innovative genius
Fake...
U R the cleverest man in the world :DDD
Fuzz Baläzs
Booom...Hook, line...the whole deal. Look who's talking about being clever. The joke's on you.
"I was just pretending to be retarded."
ZotDudot7 Just settled to youtubes level.
guys i'm just here, reading comments kanervatie LOL!! if SETI knows you exist they will shut it down!
The best shred work I see!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the StSanders stuff, it always makes me laugh!!
I love it, I love it, I love it. I'm addicted to it.
the crowd and the drummer are the best haha!!!!
I’m laughing in pain! Stop please stop, I can’t breathe! Just too funny!
I used to be the biggest santana fan in the world until I saw this, he has pissed his talent away and now there is nothing left of him
:D
This is my favorite video of all time.