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 😍
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
I’ve always thought Mick was always fairly underrated, he’s such a great guitarist and wrote some of the coolest hard rock riffs imo and Girls, Girls, Girls is no exception. Definitely one of his best
Thank you! This album is a treasure trove of raw, tasty riffs. For some reason that I've forgotten, I ignored this album for years. Then I "discovered" it a couple of years ago. Now I can't listen to it enough, and it's all about Mick. It doesn't matter to me who is the credited songwriter, Mick's riffing on this album is huge ear candy.
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.
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.
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. 😉🤘🏼
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.
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
@@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 .
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.
Ben this video is such a good, instantly motivational lesson. I was nose to the grindstone in theory for a couple months, now I’m pushing aside the scales and gonna play crue licks this week! I was in high school when the first album was released…. So this hits me smack dab in the soul
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 🤘🏻
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!!!
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!)
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!
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!
Mick is one of the most under rated 80’s guitarist. He is in my top 3 of my favorite guitarist which include Vito Bratta and David Gilmore. Thanks for showing Mick some much needed love.
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 !
I was living in East Texas back when this came out/was a huge SRV/blues fan,plus I was trying to learn to play guitar,and stuck on the blues scale. I drove my buddies crazy,always saying this album was kick ass blues! They would say -NO WAY! Its Crue! HA HA ! Great album,great lesson here Ben ! Thank you young man!
I remember playing this with a cover band from school of rock (a music lesson school) back in 2018-ish. and my guitar was tuned in e flat while everyone else was in D standard. Worst moment at a gig but hey, the guitar techs didn't tune the guitars before the song happened. Thats one memory i have of this song.
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).
Awesome! More Crue plz! Micks playing is never really delved deep into. But the riffs are bonkers! Also, love the shoutout for Micks downpicking. I Remember too young to fall in love kicking my ass years ago.
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.
This brings back the days of trying to learn this Drop-D, because I didn't want to reset my Floyd Rose....fixed bridges, oh yeah...thanks for the memories Ben
I know nothing about playing guitar, but I sure as hell can tell you how great it was to be a teenager in the Summer of 1987 with Girls, Girls, Girls plastered on MTV all day! Great time to be alive.
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!!!
Too Fast for Love is my favorite album. Raw, hard and attitude. Mick Mars is most certainly in my list of under rated guitarists. The title song is so great. Simple but carrying the same frame across and down the fret board......very cool. Oh, by the way, I missed seeing them in Nashville 1985....long story but that was the night I got booted from the military lol
Funny you have the Guns shirt on doing these Crue riffs. The best concert I ever saw was GnR opening for Crue on the Girls, Girls, Girls tour. AFD was just taking off and Crue were at the top of their game! Thanks!
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.
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.
4:58 Doublestops but esp. 4ths... Mick loves 4ths. Great video! I think Mick's solos were a weak link back in the day (compared to peers) but the bluesy style has had a better shelf-life over the years as they are classic
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.
MM is such an unappreciated guitar legend. One of my top-10 solos is Home Sweet Home. Not super flashy, all heart and soul. And my favorite recorded note of all time (doesn't everybody have one?) may very well be the harmonic that he hits, and bends twice, after Vince starts in on the chorus after the solo.
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.
Mick is the most underrated musician of the 80s. For some reason Nikki gets all the plaudits, yet there is no way in hell he would be even able to conceive of all the Motley guitar riffs.
Shit, Nikki was passed over by Quiet Riot when Randy Rhodes was still with them. They said he sucked and couldn't even play. Had a hard time following, so yeah Mick is the man.
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35+ years later and Wild Side still gets me fired up. Hands down my fav Motley tune.
Same!
Even those who dislike the album still love that song.
Girls will always be my favorite Crue album. Because it just sounds so raw and greasy
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 😍
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
@@1badsteed All in the name of,
All in the name of ROCK N' ROLL!! 🤘
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.
Nice to see no heavy distortion. MM was/is such a clean and solid picker.
Exactly! Those tones have a lot less gas on them than most people think.
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.
And I was 19, but life was still glorious. 😁
Be old, the rest of us will be jealous.
Ben , you were my first UA-cam guitar channel and your still my favorite.
Huzzah! Thank you!
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.
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.
check out his guitar track from the latest 2022 tour. GUY IS A BEAST
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.
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
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.
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
I’ve always thought Mick was always fairly underrated, he’s such a great guitarist and wrote some of the coolest hard rock riffs imo and Girls, Girls, Girls is no exception. Definitely one of his best
I love D standard tuning. It sounds awesome
I was just diving back into this album yesterday! Thank you universe for blessing me with this upload
Thank you! This album is a treasure trove of raw, tasty riffs. For some reason that I've forgotten, I ignored this album for years. Then I "discovered" it a couple of years ago. Now I can't listen to it enough, and it's all about Mick. It doesn't matter to me who is the credited songwriter, Mick's riffing on this album is huge ear candy.
Love it, Mick Mars is why I started playing 27 years ago this week! 🤘🏽
Yes, he was a big influence on me as well.
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!
Watching this on birthday!!! I share it with sir Mick. Great breakdown. One of my favorite riffs of all time for me. Catchy, dirty and innovative.
Happy birthday!
@BenEller thank you Ben!! Huge fan. You've helped me a ton.
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.
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.
My favourite Motley album as well. Super underrated.
Too Young to Fall in Love is my fav riff.
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. 😉🤘🏼
Many thanks!
Obsessed w the guitar sound on this album specifically. So much muscle in it. Thank u❤️
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.
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
@@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 .
I literally looked up how to play "Girls Girls Girls" yesterday, perfect timing Uncle Ben!
Same ol situation does the same thing. The classic blues riff you showed.
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.
Love these, and all your videos (and you!)
Yes sir!! good stuff.
So true what you said about Mick. He's not a shredder. But what he contributed to Mötley and those bands at the time. Underrated.
first time I had to turn down the volume listening to your vid! Crue loud and proud!
Ben this video is such a good, instantly motivational lesson. I was nose to the grindstone in theory for a couple months, now I’m pushing aside the scales and gonna play crue licks this week! I was in high school when the first album was released…. So this hits me smack dab in the soul
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 🤘🏻
Yes indeed, Cool stuff and more Cool stuff. thanks Boss, You are Appreciate.
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!!!
My favorite Crew album. Mick had some some the coolest riffs of the era.
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!)
This is sublime work! 🙌
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!
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!
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
Mick is one of the most under rated 80’s guitarist. He is in my top 3 of my favorite guitarist which include Vito Bratta and David Gilmore. Thanks for showing Mick some much needed love.
Mick MADE Motley!
I can't unhear that...thanks alot!
Damn it, Damn it,Damn it!!!
Dancing on glass is and will always be one of my faves from the crew.
"A riff so nice, they used it twice".... Rock poetry at its very best. Love your vids. Keep Rocking!
Love this Ben! Girls!Girls!Girls! is just a banger of a tune, always turned up to 11 when it comes on on my radio 🤘🔥
"Wild Side" is an EPIC! as a vid, lyrics and riff. Probably their "darkest" song. The drum solo is probably still the best ever.
More of this! I really enjoy these album riff breakdowns 🤘
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 !
Fantastic lesson Ben!
Mick is a definite blues riff master.
Thanks for breaking it down.
I was living in East Texas back when this came out/was a huge SRV/blues fan,plus I was trying to learn to play guitar,and stuck on the blues scale. I drove my buddies crazy,always saying this album was kick ass blues! They would say -NO WAY! Its Crue! HA HA ! Great album,great lesson here Ben ! Thank you young man!
Amazing album, one of the guitar tone ever. Underrated. The Girls Girls Girls tour with Whitesnake was an wonderful experience. 87 rules!
My first concert!
You are such a great personality and adept teacher. I value your contributions. 🎉
I’ve learned so much from your videos alone at the point I feel like I owe you money. Endless thanks for all you’ve given for free.
I remember playing this with a cover band from school of rock (a music lesson school) back in 2018-ish. and my guitar was tuned in e flat while everyone else was in D standard.
Worst moment at a gig but hey, the guitar techs didn't tune the guitars before the song happened.
Thats one memory i have of this song.
Hey Uncle Ben! Great stuff! Love the old Crue licks, classics. Wondering if you’d do suicidal tendency pledge your allegiance, guitar lesson. Thanks
One of my favorite albums for sure. Always really liked You're All I Need. The solo is so different from most of their stuff.
Mick knows how to lay down a groove. Pretty tasteful soloing as well.
great video, definitely one of my favorite albums from the 80s!
Mick was just a riff monster, luv the Crew for that. LOL you're right, I can't unhear the sesame melody
I enjoyed every single second of this video. So much fun.
Thank you!
Mick rocks so damn hard. He has melted more faces than an A Bomb.
Thänks Un̈cle Bën !
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).
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
My fav Looks That Kill!
Love it, Ben - you’re the best! 🎸Cheers from Sweden!🇸🇪
Awesome! More Crue plz! Micks playing is never really delved deep into. But the riffs are bonkers! Also, love the shoutout for Micks downpicking. I Remember too young to fall in love kicking my ass years ago.
Uncle B you’re approaching national treasure level 🤘🏻
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.
This brings back the days of trying to learn this Drop-D, because I didn't want to reset my Floyd Rose....fixed bridges, oh yeah...thanks for the memories Ben
Always awesome. Thanks Uncle Ben
That part in Dancing on Glass where the bass moves. They did that sort of thing on Looks that Kill
Lol. I meant Too Young.... You brought it up right after I posted
Riff retrospective album tour!!! Love it.❤ How about kill 'em all or master of reality?
I know nothing about playing guitar, but I sure as hell can tell you how great it was to be a teenager in the Summer of 1987 with Girls, Girls, Girls plastered on MTV all day! Great time to be alive.
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!!!
Too Fast for Love is my favorite album. Raw, hard and attitude. Mick Mars is most certainly in my list of under rated guitarists. The title song is so great. Simple but carrying the same frame across and down the fret board......very cool. Oh, by the way, I missed seeing them in Nashville 1985....long story but that was the night I got booted from the military lol
Once again Brother Ben, I feel like I know you!
Funny you have the Guns shirt on doing these Crue riffs. The best concert I ever saw was GnR opening for Crue on the Girls, Girls, Girls tour. AFD was just taking off and Crue were at the top of their game! Thanks!
we were teen doing skateboard listening to that album in a loop!
Mick has never got the credit he deserves.
_Great tabs Ben. ⚔️🛡️ Definitely enjoying this cuz I love jamming to this album and Shout at the Devil._
The solo in You're All I Need was 🔥
11:24 he even looked identical to Duane Allman before joining MC.
Hellz yeah. Dancing On Glass is a super underrated riff and song 🤘
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.
Such a banger meat and potatos rock album and the live elvis cover on the special edition version is so awesome.
Appreciate you! best guitar lessons 🤘🏼
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.
“No rest for the wicked” would be great.
Wild Side has been one of my favorite MC tracks. Can’t explain it but to me that riff just kicks large ass.
Hey BTW I love your rice, man.
4:58 Doublestops but esp. 4ths... Mick loves 4ths. Great video! I think Mick's solos were a weak link back in the day (compared to peers) but the bluesy style has had a better shelf-life over the years as they are classic
Great rhythm guitar please do the solos🤘
Don't mind if I do! What an amazing video. More people need to talk about Mick! Aswell as George Lynch and Warren Demartini
Appetite For Destruction! Both Izzy's and Slash''s riffs
Oh that’s definitely coming!
@@BenEller Yay
Love Girls girls girls, but Kickstart my heart is where they really gave the beans
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.
Hahaha right?! Crue has them beat by 2 whole years!
Nikki was a Tracii Lords fan. And she started at 15
Big bird and Elmo with Mick Mars . Yup my birth and teen years
Sunny day! Thanks Ben.....🤣🤘
MM is such an unappreciated guitar legend. One of my top-10 solos is Home Sweet Home. Not super flashy, all heart and soul.
And my favorite recorded note of all time (doesn't everybody have one?) may very well be the harmonic that he hits, and bends twice, after Vince starts in on the chorus after the solo.
💯 agree That solo is A reason I wanted to pick up the guitar.
That all-downpicked riff in Live Wire would give most guitarists carpal tunnel syndrome. Brutal.
So fast!!!!
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.
Mick is the most underrated musician of the 80s. For some reason Nikki gets all the plaudits, yet there is no way in hell he would be even able to conceive of all the Motley guitar riffs.
Shit, Nikki was passed over by Quiet Riot when Randy Rhodes was still with them. They said he sucked and couldn't even play. Had a hard time following, so yeah Mick is the man.
So what you're telling me is it alll started with Sesame Street.
Great work Ben, enjoyed the video.