Pinball Wizard - The Who

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  • Опубліковано 27 кві 2020

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  • @paintthewalls7655
    @paintthewalls7655 4 роки тому +35

    James James, I’ve been watching you since you had played on the first channel. Your Rolling Stones videos have given me a new appreciation for alternative tunings and your always the first person I turn to when I’m ready you learn a new song. Thanks man!

  • @wheatproject3967
    @wheatproject3967 4 роки тому +22

    This is a definite exercise on how to build up your strumming chops! Love Pete's guitar techniques!

  • @tashmaniii
    @tashmaniii 4 роки тому +6

    James James, I learned this from your lesson about 8 years ago and today I can play along with this video. Thanks!

  • @torontolarrivee7965
    @torontolarrivee7965 4 роки тому +4

    I love great rhythm playing more than great leads....so cool

  • @JenkinsBoatWorks
    @JenkinsBoatWorks 4 роки тому +30

    Dang! Well done! Makes me think. People always refer to the guitar greats in Hendrix and Clapton, I think maybe Townsend and Harrison should be closer to the top

    • @ryanwilson5782
      @ryanwilson5782 4 роки тому +5

      Couldn't agree more!

    • @AnthonyBurrito1313
      @AnthonyBurrito1313 4 роки тому +2

      @@ryanwilson5782 cuz

    • @eog5217
      @eog5217 4 роки тому

      Jenkins Boat Works Pete is an excellent rhythm guitarist, I put him top 20, I wish he had more solos in their songs

  • @funguy4utube
    @funguy4utube 4 роки тому +2

    JJ ( pt ) you must have an amazing memory .... all the little bits 'n changes in all the so many songs you play !

  • @pietrorissotti2488
    @pietrorissotti2488 4 роки тому

    One of your best performances! Great.

  • @keithgaertner1380
    @keithgaertner1380 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for all you do brother. Love the way you play and teach... The songs you choose... The fabulous axes you have... Too cool. I went to the privtt channel and liked that a lot not getting that they were both you... I just listened to you explaining why you had to shut that down. I don't blame you. I can't believe all those jagg offs would do that kind of think to someone that is just sharing his heart. I'm 20 years older than you and I grew up with all this music and I've been playing longer than I'd like to admit. Thank you again for just being who you are. Please know you are greatly appreciated. Keith

  • @marksimpson2321
    @marksimpson2321 4 роки тому +2

    Fabulous, ty. I used to love this when I was a teenager and I haven't ever watched a cover of it. Great stuff.

  • @CraigRadala
    @CraigRadala 4 роки тому

    You are the best. Just love your videos! Thanks for the tour of your video room the other day too!

  • @fastpudding6465
    @fastpudding6465 4 роки тому

    Awesome job as usual. It’s a bright point in my day to see another excellent cover I can learn from. PT/JJ is always good for that. Love from OH.

  • @roberteberhart1139
    @roberteberhart1139 4 роки тому +5

    Alright James....in my musical journey, I've played alota stuff, but now I'm learning the stuff I avoided like the Who. It's alot of fun.

  • @Beachbumartist
    @Beachbumartist 4 роки тому +2

    I have watched the PT video many times and a great lesson from that one as well.

  • @johnsummers2822
    @johnsummers2822 4 роки тому

    Absolutely superb. Thank you.

  • @Mirragarn
    @Mirragarn 4 роки тому

    Perfect timing! I started learning this last night! Good on you mate - you’re an inspiration to many!

  • @georgegeysen6499
    @georgegeysen6499 4 роки тому

    Very tight, James. Excellent as always. Thank you.

  • @donds5161
    @donds5161 4 роки тому

    I knew parts of this song. Thanks for putting it all together. Your strumming hand rivals Pete's Great job!

  • @carletoncandis635
    @carletoncandis635 4 роки тому +2

    Go JJ ,my favorite Who classic.

  • @AnthonyBurrito1313
    @AnthonyBurrito1313 4 роки тому

    Exact tone perfection!!!

  • @matthews5531
    @matthews5531 4 роки тому

    just fantastic playing

  • @Heroball299
    @Heroball299 2 роки тому +1

    The way you strum that E chord with the triplet sounds so cool.

  • @JuanP4_
    @JuanP4_ 4 роки тому +1

    very beautiful my friend, greetings from Argentina

  • @raypitt9350
    @raypitt9350 4 роки тому

    James James,thanks for doing this tune .I forgot how to play the intro .Ive followed you since you started. You’ve been an inspiration to me playing guitar. Thanks.

  • @aaronyoust7680
    @aaronyoust7680 4 роки тому

    Beautiful

  • @mikeguitarification
    @mikeguitarification 4 роки тому +1

    outstanding

  • @bigfatty5064
    @bigfatty5064 2 роки тому

    Was driving home this morning after work and heard this song. I learned it about 30 years ago but haven't played it in a long time. After watching 4 or 5 YT videos after getting home, and wasn't convinced, I came across your video from what I later found out was from your old channel. THIS is the way I learned and played it back in the day! I wanted to comment to let you know, but realized that it was from 11 years ago. I saw your "10 years of privettricker" video and watched the whole thing. Awesome job, man. Yours is the kind of channel I want to watch. Keep doing what you're doing. Love it! Thanks again.

  • @wilbertcook5076
    @wilbertcook5076 4 роки тому

    That was awesome. Giving me a workout strumming

  • @tokingreens
    @tokingreens 4 роки тому

    A seriously great sounding acoustic guitar...thanks JJ

  • @MrPetter1000
    @MrPetter1000 4 роки тому

    The video we’ve all been waiting for. Thank you JJ

  • @FrontRowRock
    @FrontRowRock 4 роки тому

    It doesn't more intense that that! What a strum!

  • @quarter_moon_and_a_guitar
    @quarter_moon_and_a_guitar 4 роки тому

    Right on. A thinner pick helps too with the strums

  • @northeastqueenstptp5652
    @northeastqueenstptp5652 4 роки тому

    Yessss!! Have to practice again 💙💜❤️💚🧡great James

  • @GuitarguyRichard56
    @GuitarguyRichard56 4 роки тому

    simple and brilliant!

  • @neiljones2264
    @neiljones2264 3 роки тому

    Just, WOW!!!

  • @michaelmastrangelo4665
    @michaelmastrangelo4665 4 роки тому

    short but sweet...great cover....as usual

  • @ruechel
    @ruechel 4 роки тому

    awesome!

  • @itchyego
    @itchyego 4 роки тому

    Wonderful that you added this back again. This Kid’s Alright, James! Thank you for all that you do.... I’m a much better Guitar player now, because of your work... - Ken in Hawaii C-19 Lockdown!

  • @cravertom
    @cravertom 4 роки тому

    very nice job ...very nice.

  • @steve4675
    @steve4675 4 роки тому

    That was awesome!👍

  • @stewartshelburne2680
    @stewartshelburne2680 4 роки тому

    Love your playing; and enjoyed immensely your John Denver covers of his songs...ty...and btw this one ain't bad at all..KUDOS

  • @TheHonestLawyer1
    @TheHonestLawyer1 4 роки тому

    You rock!!! Been watching ya since privettricker! Glad you are doing better these days!

  • @kevingplumb
    @kevingplumb 4 роки тому

    Great job!

  • @jaype331
    @jaype331 4 роки тому

    Cool shirt. And cover

  • @kingoscari3999
    @kingoscari3999 4 роки тому

    JJ: Thank you! Keep going. Pure joy.

  • @Yirdna
    @Yirdna 4 роки тому +1

    i love that song

  • @sdriza
    @sdriza 4 роки тому

    Amazing!

  • @user-fu9vj9ix3g
    @user-fu9vj9ix3g Місяць тому

    I simply can't decide on a favorite Who song, but this one is somewhere up top. I always loved the timpanic quality of Moon's Premier drums.
    Anyone who thinks this is easy to play because it's strumming should just try it. Your right hand will shrivel. Townshend is a helluva guitarist.

    • @harrykadaras9459
      @harrykadaras9459 12 днів тому

      Try an attempt at windmills! I've been playing since the 70s and am a huge Townshend/who fan - but I could never duplicate that one Pete playing style - and believe me, I've tried!

  • @jengleexemailcomau
    @jengleexemailcomau 4 роки тому

    nailed it James.

  • @philgowling2114
    @philgowling2114 11 місяців тому

    Wow - amazing skills

  • @shaneconnelly1769
    @shaneconnelly1769 4 роки тому

    Smashing that was fkn great buddy

  • @CunningStuntsGoFast
    @CunningStuntsGoFast 4 роки тому

    james man , i was just last week studying your first lesson of this , old vid i think , very usefull . thanx man 1

  • @davidrusso675
    @davidrusso675 4 роки тому

    Thank You!!

  • @noscrubbubblez6515
    @noscrubbubblez6515 4 роки тому +2

    Anyone remember this being used to advertise a new guitar at the time called OVATION?

  • @randymarsh5088
    @randymarsh5088 4 роки тому

    Love the shirt !

  • @TimTaylorMusic
    @TimTaylorMusic 4 роки тому

    Magic

  • @FridayNightLullaby
    @FridayNightLullaby 4 роки тому +1

    Dang - I used the index finger on the verse and didn't let the B string ring when I did my full Tommy cover. I think that was because of all the videos I saw of Pete playing it live. Now I have to go back and rerecord it. Dang dang dang. I think the index finger is used in the 4th chord of the intro though.

  • @davidowen8230
    @davidowen8230 4 роки тому

    The Who. Thank you 😋

  • @badkatrising3918
    @badkatrising3918 4 роки тому

    Love the guitar as always. Also it always looks like Seinfelds refrigerator Here in there. Thank the good doctor for the 911

  • @HappyPappynKatyTX
    @HappyPappynKatyTX 3 роки тому

    awesome... i have not played this song for 40 years.... i wonder if i can do it again on my 12 string.. hmmm

  • @AC-gw4qu
    @AC-gw4qu 5 місяців тому

    still the man

  • @karlmichaelcronin9618
    @karlmichaelcronin9618 4 роки тому

    I thought you were dead or quit, amounts to the same thing, Glad to see you back. K

  • @alanmcclelland5245
    @alanmcclelland5245 4 роки тому +3

    OK, I,m on it.

  • @patlav344
    @patlav344 4 роки тому

    thanks

  • @user-kg1co6ee3m
    @user-kg1co6ee3m 2 місяці тому

    上手い

  • @richardroot9164
    @richardroot9164 4 роки тому

    My man!

  • @thinkandbefree9398
    @thinkandbefree9398 3 роки тому +1

    Ha ha, "good luck."

  • @brankoj62
    @brankoj62 4 роки тому

    cool!!!

  • @harrykadaras9459
    @harrykadaras9459 12 днів тому

    The song that made me want to learn guitar. Great job playing this total classic. You've certainly got the right tool for the job - that's an absolutely gorgeous SJ200, it really sounds killer. Is it a 90's production or older? I think the older, the better with that Gibson model....

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  11 днів тому

      I’ve played some vintage Gibsons that were dogs, but this one is fantastic, from the late 90s. Some of the guitars being built now - by Gibson and others - are far superior to the older ones that command such high prices.

  • @joshmoore6165
    @joshmoore6165 4 роки тому

    The J-200 was a nice touch

  • @mattyc.9332
    @mattyc.9332 4 роки тому +2

    It definitely sounds better with the E and B strings ringing...

    • @ConglomerationCat
      @ConglomerationCat 4 роки тому

      Yeah, not many play it this way... nice to hear it the way it was recorded.

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +1

      I think so. But doing it on electric, the open strings would make a heck of a racket at volume.

    • @mattyc.9332
      @mattyc.9332 4 роки тому

      I always played it with my pointy finger on the B and E strings. But this version makes the chords almost sound more mystical...I can dig it...

  • @doc559
    @doc559 4 роки тому +1

    🏆🏆🏆⭐⭐⭐🤗🙏🙏

  • @thepaulmacfarlane
    @thepaulmacfarlane 4 роки тому

    Awww nothing better than you happily strumming your Pete.

  • @southpaw1959channel
    @southpaw1959channel 4 роки тому

    My breaking in new strings song...

  • @richiejr8756
    @richiejr8756 4 роки тому

    🎸👍😎

  • @1abc2abc5
    @1abc2abc5 4 роки тому

    Dude. I mean. Dude!

  • @AugustMedia
    @AugustMedia День тому

    James, would you say this version you're playing is like based off the 'policeman's secret ball' whatever version from 79'?

  • @johnf6288
    @johnf6288 4 роки тому +1

    Hey all in i guess the pre chorus it looks like B A D e minor then what is the next chord? Thanks

    • @randytapson9504
      @randytapson9504 4 роки тому

      It's 040200 (low to high) Pete plays it a lot of playing an E chord.

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +1

      There’s no E minor, it’s an E.

    • @johnf6288
      @johnf6288 4 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 thanks, guess my ear training sucks haahaha

  • @matthewcrich5951
    @matthewcrich5951 4 роки тому

    Thick or thin pick? Also 2:47 mark would have been the perfect time to throw a windmill strum or two in there.

  • @bobbcobb8925
    @bobbcobb8925 4 роки тому

    Tempo again perfect.... but not robotic...if that makes sense

  • @bellinghammond
    @bellinghammond 4 роки тому

    what guitar are you playing? Gibson _____?

  • @stuemany
    @stuemany 4 роки тому

    This song is more like work.

  • @sandycastles7105
    @sandycastles7105 3 місяці тому

    :D

  • @wildrosecece
    @wildrosecece 4 роки тому

    Tuning? Is it regular?

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +2

      Yes. Pete doesn't use altered tunings very often.

    • @ConglomerationCat
      @ConglomerationCat 4 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 no he doesn't... except an occasional drop D for It's A Boy.

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +1

      Abbey 72 Imagine a Man is another from the glory years. And he used a couple on Endless Wire.

  • @forgottenjamroom9824
    @forgottenjamroom9824 4 роки тому

    How the f**k do you figure these songs out?

  • @luvittodeath7031
    @luvittodeath7031 4 роки тому +2

    Pete Townshende hates this song lol

  • @tmurphy1000
    @tmurphy1000 Рік тому

    Townsend smashed a Gibson just like yours after playing Pinball on Letterman. Kind of painful to see: ua-cam.com/video/eP_an9Nssls/v-deo.html

  • @Frequency432hz
    @Frequency432hz 4 роки тому

    awesome!