Michael Romeo: Sea of Lies

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2025

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  • @Xsymph
    @Xsymph Рік тому +35

    2024 and this 240p video is still epic as f

  • @ledon26656
    @ledon26656 Рік тому +21

    Been coming back to this video for about 15 years. Never gets old. Probably one of my favourite solos of all time. What a legend!

    • @Xyphra
      @Xyphra 2 місяці тому

      Same dude. Never learned it though 😂

  • @penjaminfranklin
    @penjaminfranklin 8 років тому +553

    No wasted movement! Beautiful technique, and he makes it look so easy.

    • @bibana06
      @bibana06 8 років тому +22

      +Samurai Damni right bro ;) This is actually one of the hardest songs I've tried to learn.

    • @MadaraUchiha-sp3jh
      @MadaraUchiha-sp3jh 6 років тому +3

      bibana06 Try the next song in this album, Out of the ashes!

    • @hongodongo9053
      @hongodongo9053 5 років тому +7

      @@MadaraUchiha-sp3jh i can play the entirety of out of the ashes, but the alternate picked arpeggios in the beginning of this solo gives me so much trouble.
      Im better with legato so the tapping part is easier.
      In terms of technicality it gets even more silly as romeo gets older:
      For example mythology suite solos or the strange rhytmic phrases in eve of seduction. Shit like the intro to Seven.

    • @tjhooker824
      @tjhooker824 3 роки тому

      Precisely

    • @fenteflushkinfentefhluhovi7178
      @fenteflushkinfentefhluhovi7178 Рік тому

      Да хоть с десятью ужимками лица или плеч! Как свободней и точней играется. Как кому удобно

  • @wildernessfather
    @wildernessfather 13 років тому +145

    He is living proof that we of the stubby fingers can excel at guitar too! Bless you Michael!

    • @youreokayboah2128
      @youreokayboah2128 Рік тому +19

      This is beyond excelling, he’s easily one of the greatest guitarists technique wise.

    • @221b-l3t
      @221b-l3t 2 місяці тому +1

      Yngwie had pretty stubby fingers for a long time.

  • @leooveja
    @leooveja 10 років тому +459

    Those who say "I cant play well because my fingers are short and fat" have no excuses now. PRACTICE god dammit.

    • @erickdroguett479
      @erickdroguett479 5 років тому +8

      You're got damn rigth
      , Dijo el Heisenberg

    • @lakejizzio7777
      @lakejizzio7777 4 роки тому +6

      I cant play because i don't have talent. I practice a lot but doesn't matter.

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 4 роки тому

      @@lakejizzio7777 look for the exercises that you think will help you the most. Im sure you're gonna be big if you master it!

    • @Roodski
      @Roodski 4 роки тому +3

      Karl Sanders is the other guy with chubby digits lol

    • @lakejizzio7777
      @lakejizzio7777 4 роки тому +9

      @@madden7732 Sorry for expressing myself incorrectly. I'm a post-intermediate guitarist type of guy and I'm improving slowly but surely. What haunts me is seeing people who are a lot younger than me and/or playing for shorter time than being slightly or surely better than me with same amount of practice. I know It's just meaning of talent but being a human comes with jealosy.

  • @RobertoDAlessandro
    @RobertoDAlessandro 4 роки тому +78

    The thing that really amaze me every time I watch him play is the flawlessness and the relax of his arms and hands while he do what he do. This is the ultimate achievement for a master, what really makes the different between a "simple" professionist and something more. To make something hard looks so simple. Crazy.

    • @gringochucha
      @gringochucha 4 роки тому +8

      Yep, that's thousands and thousands of hours of practice, working on technique and playing with a relaxed body. His technique is absolutely beautiful to watch. And the music that comes out is amazing too, of course.

  • @ironwolg
    @ironwolg 9 років тому +441

    any time a student tells me they can't play guitar well because they have short stubby fingers, i show them this video, let it sink in, and tell them to get to work

    • @suppersready7496
      @suppersready7496 6 років тому +11

      I'm late on this but it's not about the fingers it's about the wrist

    • @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE
      @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE 6 років тому +11

      and Shawn Lane, one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

    • @TheAxe4Ever
      @TheAxe4Ever 6 років тому +1

      Perry D Yep! Marcel Coenen is another awesome guitarist that has short stubby fingers.

    • @arnavrawat9864
      @arnavrawat9864 5 років тому

      And they probably clap

    • @FloridaManMatty
      @FloridaManMatty 5 років тому

      Yeah...Shawn Lane had stubby fingers too. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t an issue for him.

  • @kultuke
    @kultuke 8 років тому +60

    It's so good that you can listen this masterpiece twice in a row without a restart the video.

  • @fredfreddy1502
    @fredfreddy1502 4 роки тому +61

    Symphony X is one of the greats in the actual musical guide to great metal bands. Literally a metal Symphony

  • @timblack1983
    @timblack1983 8 років тому +828

    Most underrated Guitarist.

    • @faggotsmoker9588
      @faggotsmoker9588 8 років тому +10

      Tim Black no way.

    • @MasterTortoiseMaldex
      @MasterTortoiseMaldex 8 років тому +1

      what the fuck you're here too

    • @faggotsmoker9588
      @faggotsmoker9588 8 років тому +1

      Maldexx Problem?

    • @snuppssynthchannel
      @snuppssynthchannel 6 років тому +11

      Allan Holdsworth COugh COugh

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 6 років тому +9

      No way. Allan will forever remain in a league of his own where Romeo has nothing to seek. Allan, Shawn Lane, Frank Gambale, John McLaughlin. Thats a closed group of four all time greatest ever, and nobody will ever throw Allan out of there.

  • @cvtt3194
    @cvtt3194 4 роки тому +57

    So effortless, so fluid, so relaxed. Very cool. Love the ESP MII also.

    • @andreJT9
      @andreJT9 4 роки тому +4

      Killer guitar!

  • @GabAssbreaker
    @GabAssbreaker Рік тому +11

    Classic video from my childhood, i wasn't even a big Symphony X fan a the time but i watched this video religiously when i was 12 y/o getting my hands into the electric guitar. This guy is one of the GOATs.

  • @stimgaming243
    @stimgaming243 6 місяців тому +10

    Finally !!! I am a fan since i had 14y old and now i am 35, i will go to a concert watch michael romeo live in 2024! I am so happy ^^

  • @raymondlacasse2407
    @raymondlacasse2407 8 років тому +2518

    Michael Romeo = Yngwie Malmsteen that ate Michael Angelo Batio

    • @xeqted
      @xeqted 8 років тому +32

      lmao

    • @Mishiman
      @Mishiman 8 років тому +118

      This is surprisingly accurate xDD

    • @pierre_gaston
      @pierre_gaston 8 років тому +45

      Batio's donuts.

    • @greekfreak1980
      @greekfreak1980 7 років тому +128

      More like,Michael Romeo is what Yngwie and Batio would be,if they know how to compose some good songs.

    • @raymondlacasse2407
      @raymondlacasse2407 7 років тому +53

      seriously? you picked a bad thing to expose, since Yngwie composes much better than Romeo.

  • @ChromeXk
    @ChromeXk 10 років тому +150

    I've loved prog rock/metal since I was 12, i'm a huge Satriani and Petrucci fan, I love technical ability. Romeo... shit that guy can absolutely play! It's an absolute crime against music that Symphony X aren't more well known! Those guys are awesome!

    • @EdwardGFunk
      @EdwardGFunk 9 років тому +7

      get a girlfriend

    • @Taterzz
      @Taterzz 6 років тому +23

      russell allen is one of the best voices in metal.

    • @leostevanovic5205
      @leostevanovic5205 6 років тому +13

      Ed G you're fun at parties

    • @michaelsmoak691
      @michaelsmoak691 3 роки тому +2

      @@EdwardGFunk what kind of avsolut loser r u

  • @doughboy777
    @doughboy777 10 років тому +337

    Michael is REALLY amazing. I have no idea why he isn't more well known & why he doesn't get more press in guitar mags/sites.

    • @miotubo839
      @miotubo839 10 років тому +80

      I think he likes to remain underground to a certain degree. Hi isn't heavily into self-promoting like, say, a Satriani or Steve Vai (G3 and all that stuff).
      Of course, if someone's into metal and he doesn't know about Romeo, he has probably lived hidden under a stone for the last 20-some years...

    • @sashingopaul3111
      @sashingopaul3111 7 років тому +3

      Mio Tubo what if Michael Romeo goes to G3 with Satch and Vai

    • @mark83175
      @mark83175 6 років тому +3

      Because he’s fat. Sad but true.

    • @MadaraUchiha-sp3jh
      @MadaraUchiha-sp3jh 6 років тому +8

      Mark DeCaro Lol. What about Malmsteen, Lane, Darell and many others then?

    • @ilikemetal2910
      @ilikemetal2910 5 років тому +33

      @@mark83175 dumbest thing I've ever heard

  • @albundy1849
    @albundy1849 9 років тому +710

    I really can't comprehend all the comments about his weight on these videos. He's an incredible talent with that 'effortless' playing style and look that so few players can achieve, yet the majority of people can only seem to talk about his weight, and to be honest, as far as 'fat' people go, he really isn't that 'fat'.

    • @steelyphil6210
      @steelyphil6210 7 років тому +117

      Al Bundy they attack his weight cause he destroyed their hopes and dreams to be this good of a musician.. a lot of people forget that this is not a beauty contest.

    • @mindstorms44
      @mindstorms44 6 років тому +36

      I DO............ITS CALLED JEALOUSY!

    • @dadiopimp
      @dadiopimp 6 років тому +32

      Steely Phil well said, superior musicianship has nothing to do with looks. Thats only in the mainstream music business where image matters more than music

    • @glenmartin9974
      @glenmartin9974 6 років тому +8

      Amazing player!

    • @gecamposneto
      @gecamposneto 6 років тому +16

      I believe that all of these comments are from people who already saw beyond the obvious, his creativity, skill and technique are already shown clearly on the video. Everything can be made a joke about, I'm positive Michael wouldn't care.

  • @dontcare441
    @dontcare441 10 років тому +32

    A true master, his tone while sweep/tapping sounds incredible

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 5 років тому +1

      His is a true master, but just for the record, the video description is wrong. He's not sweeping at all there -- he's just doing string skipping tapping, super smoothly. I know the lick myself and it's a bitch to pull off nearly as well as he does, lol ;)

    • @myfavsandlikes7478
      @myfavsandlikes7478 4 роки тому

      Deathbrewer u get it yet? I just started practicing it and its like impossible to get full speed lol

    • @lucluclumiere1isthebest922
      @lucluclumiere1isthebest922 2 роки тому +1

      It's not sweeping it's string skipping

  • @christopherzaragoza
    @christopherzaragoza Рік тому +7

    2023! I would love listening to this in the early 2000’s

  • @overkill_716
    @overkill_716 6 років тому +21

    He started tapping arpeggios and I almost cried lmao, this shit takes me way back in the best way.

  • @MajesticDemonLord
    @MajesticDemonLord 10 років тому +14

    This ranks as one of my favourite guitar solos - everything about it is pleasing - both visually from the sweep tapping to aurally to that lovely motif repeated. This solo makes me both want to learn to play guitar (if only to play this one solo) and simultaneously not want to play guitar (knowing that I will never be able to play this one solo) - to evoke such polar reactions is truly a mark of great Art.

    • @Fkod88
      @Fkod88 Рік тому

      Never say never! Dedication and sitting on one’s arse practicing can help achieve great things! 😂

    • @MajesticDemonLord
      @MajesticDemonLord Рік тому +1

      @@Fkod88 Heh - Still occassionally come here to watch, still don't play guitar - but I appreciate the kind words of encouragement.

  • @voltaspeeder17
    @voltaspeeder17 2 роки тому +3

    I've first seen this before UA-cam even existed. And i keep coming back time after time again. What a fantastic bit of playing, Michael Romeo really is a tremendous guitarist!

  • @jrocker027
    @jrocker027 4 роки тому +8

    That tone is worth a billion dollars.

  • @AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL
    @AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL 3 роки тому +11

    Love that tapping section, such great chord play

  • @TheMaxPower82
    @TheMaxPower82 4 роки тому +12

    Insane skills. His control of finger movements is just out of this world.

  • @AmroHMoussa
    @AmroHMoussa 9 років тому +196

    Lol @ the smile 0:56 "I betcha can't play this nigga"

  • @NAThan9871
    @NAThan9871 Місяць тому

    Michael Romeo is absolutely unreal ! I Hope he will continue to create a lot more !!

  • @CYON4D
    @CYON4D 3 роки тому +10

    A true master of guitar and an amazing composer. In my opinion he is the best guitarist of all time.

  • @DIABLOinWEHRMACHT
    @DIABLOinWEHRMACHT 6 років тому +50

    I just put my guitars on Ebay after watching this!

    • @larsbonnet17
      @larsbonnet17 4 роки тому +2

      Oh yes. Thanks for those by the way. They were cheap too! I’m using them when I want to play Eric Clapton tunes.

  • @Fkod88
    @Fkod88 Рік тому

    Bloody hell, what surprised me the most just now is that this video was posted before the dawn of civilization! 17 years ago, I mean, I didn’t think UA-cam existed that long in the first place.
    What an amazing video too. Such a beautiful piece and Michael Romeo is definitely one of the guitar gods for it.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 6 років тому +78

    The little smile at :56 haha he knows the lick is a bit monotonous by then but he also knows hey, I gotta play this AND it is a cool arpeggio. I mean, at that speed, who could play that picking? MAYBE Gambale. But it'd be more choppy at its very nature with picking every note. This guy took Malmsteen and so many other styles and paid his dues, learned his stuff and he's damn good. I don't remember any of their tunes but that was during the whole "super progressive" phase when Dream Theater morphed from the "just progressive" days of Rush who was birthed by Zep and Yes. Odd that the more technical players are not really known because their licks were not embedded into a hit song.

    • @chickenbeek
      @chickenbeek 3 роки тому +1

      Heh. Interesting to see you here. I see you are a man of culture. Another guy that probably arrived late and got no major recognition is imo George Bellas. Dude is rippingly clean an has a nice raw mid punchy tone. His first two albums remind me in the vein of Vinnie Moore mixed with Yngwie. Absolutely ripping.

    • @georgearrows7701
      @georgearrows7701 3 роки тому +1

      I think Gilbert or Batio could play this with picking. Maybe Romero could too.

    • @lba08001
      @lba08001 3 роки тому +1

      Tons of people could play this picking nowadays. He is still a monster though

    • @quazzydiscman
      @quazzydiscman 3 роки тому

      Live life and love

  • @RolanTHUNDER
    @RolanTHUNDER 10 років тому +7

    That was awesome! He's such a great guitarist! I just got into his band's music recently - Symphony X :)

  • @iN3CROo
    @iN3CROo 10 років тому +1

    I keep coming back to this vid, i could listen to it all day long.

  • @youkaihenge5892
    @youkaihenge5892 6 років тому +3

    That little bluesy shred at end of solo is so sick! I gotta learn that right now lmao

  • @lyonnaiso
    @lyonnaiso Рік тому +367

    who watches this crazy solo in 2024?

  • @devonboes2376
    @devonboes2376 10 місяців тому +2

    That riff is so killer the soloing is flawless but that riff just drives the whole song.

  • @anthonychrismignella
    @anthonychrismignella 9 років тому +5

    One of my absolute FAVORITES. I love this man sooo much. Fuck man, now THAT is how you play guitar!!

  • @roopepirunpaa-konttiori6552
    @roopepirunpaa-konttiori6552 9 років тому +27

    This dude is a superhuman! Freaking x-man of guitar!

    • @marcioarend1
      @marcioarend1 7 років тому +2

      That's why he play bei symphony X ;)

  • @eisimperium
    @eisimperium 5 місяців тому +2

    2024 : This will never get old

  • @zarrafrahman1129
    @zarrafrahman1129 4 роки тому +5

    That tone is so smooth

  • @TheSentinel909
    @TheSentinel909 6 років тому +7

    One of the best guitarists of all time.

  • @robertocalvo934
    @robertocalvo934 3 роки тому

    The tapping sequence is wondrous. Amazing skill and touch, a true master.

  • @JamesSmith-kv8js
    @JamesSmith-kv8js 10 років тому +1142

    Well, I can't play as well as him, but at least I managed to get as fat as him, so I got that going for me, which is nice!

    • @GerardUmbert
      @GerardUmbert 9 років тому +5

      +Lucas Rodrigues obviously not enough, u can't play this song at half speed. It just does not sound good. Keep it up.

    • @JrMedieval
      @JrMedieval 9 років тому +5

      +Gerard Umbert he meant his weight not solo lol xD im at a third of it and about to start the solos

    • @maskingsoul
      @maskingsoul 9 років тому

      +James Smith ROFL!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • @SpykeZ0129
      @SpykeZ0129 9 років тому +13

      +James Smith ROFLMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I JUST CHOKED ON MY CANDY YOU SHIT.

    • @theaterofsouls
      @theaterofsouls 7 років тому +1

      my thoughts exactly hahahaha

  • @microwaveableselfie3421
    @microwaveableselfie3421 2 роки тому +3

    Love Romeo and Symphony X

  • @driftthekaliyuga7502
    @driftthekaliyuga7502 5 місяців тому +2

    We all know the part everybody loves but the beginning of that solo is permanently burned into my brain.

  • @KiCkFLiPKiCkFLiP
    @KiCkFLiPKiCkFLiP 4 роки тому +4

    This man is the most underrated guitar player ever. Is a TOTAL GENIUS: Technique, control, feeling, speed, originality... He has everything.

  • @gabrielzarnescu4151
    @gabrielzarnescu4151 2 роки тому +3

    One of the greatest guitar Player of All time

  • @reyshrd4783
    @reyshrd4783 7 місяців тому +1

    I remember this video when I started playing the instrument, I was back in Cuba and had very little learning material like videos and rock stuff, this one and one of Kiko got me really into the guitar, that was 15 years ago and I still sucks 😂😂😂 but still Romeo is one of the really really good ones

  • @hondansx1000
    @hondansx1000 11 років тому +15

    Imagine if this guy, Jason Becker and Marty Friedman had gotten together and done a record together before Jason had to stop playing. It would've been beyond epic

  • @paoloz4374
    @paoloz4374 9 років тому +91

    another Italo-American Master along with John Peter Petrucci, Steve Vai, Michael Angelo...

    • @salvatoremonaco141
      @salvatoremonaco141 5 років тому +14

      Joe Satriani....Frank Zappa....and more!

    • @Centerbez
      @Centerbez 5 років тому +15

      @@salvatoremonaco141 yeah thats a strange thing many guitarists are Italo-American....

    • @rayvandragon
      @rayvandragon 5 років тому +4

      Warren de Martini...

    • @namesurname8904
      @namesurname8904 5 років тому +7

      Antonio Vivaldi was Italian too. An early virtuoso.

    • @matteo9826
      @matteo9826 5 років тому +2

      Joe pass

  • @Behdad47
    @Behdad47 2 роки тому

    It's 2022 and I still come back to this video after being blown away back in 2014.

  • @VILLANUEVAGREGORY
    @VILLANUEVAGREGORY 7 років тому +23

    despues de tantos años!! escuchando webadas!! DESCUBRO LA VERDAADERA MUSICA!!!! OMGOOODD!!!! GRACIAS DIOSSSS 2018

  • @manuelnavastorres4345
    @manuelnavastorres4345 8 років тому +4

    Los vi en directo en Leyendas del rock, y quede pasmado con este guitarrista.
    Una maquina, Viva Symphony X

  • @Huehuecoyote
    @Huehuecoyote 4 місяці тому

    Just saw this guy live last weekend. Still rocking!

  • @thcpsilocybin9978
    @thcpsilocybin9978 5 років тому +146

    2020 whos listening to GOD ?

    • @eemilhilden4202
      @eemilhilden4202 5 років тому

      tHCpsIlocyBIN 99% Romeo is god indeed

    • @sdiabr6792
      @sdiabr6792 5 років тому +1

      Been here since 2013 bro :)

    • @Giovane38
      @Giovane38 4 роки тому

      always o/

    • @GuitarSetGo
      @GuitarSetGo 4 роки тому

      Insane solos !

    • @badgertaken8169
      @badgertaken8169 4 роки тому

      me brother... listening while bouncing on my boys dics!! yeahh!!

  • @SefniVinalonn
    @SefniVinalonn 5 років тому +8

    Romeo is an amazing mix of the best progressive and neoclassical metal players. I love his blend of Yngwie-esque work with Groove metal and Prog. I always find myself going back to Symphony X way more than Dream Theater because of X's ability to be just prog enough without getting over indulgent and losing the flow of the song. Don't get me wrong, I love DT, and Change of Seasons is one of my favorite songs of all time. But Labrie's vocals and the inconsistent songwriting (in my opinion) makes it harder for me to come back. SX has not only Romeo's amazing fusion style, but Allen's top notch, legendary vocals. And SX just know's how to bring the metal when they need to. Inferno and Sea of Lies are just two examples of complex songs that are also straight up head bangers. I'm hoping they release at least one more album. Underworld was fantastic, but I'd love to see at least one more follow up. They've changed without sacrificing the core of their sound and it would he worth one last go around to see what they can come up with now.

  • @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE
    @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE 3 роки тому

    So classic... used to watch this all the time on "Google Video" back around 2007 or so.

  • @TheRealSorav
    @TheRealSorav 3 роки тому +3

    He played the tapping part so clean here. He messes that part up in alot of the newer live shows. It's a super hard part. But in general you could tell he practiced more often here. Probably alot of that has to do with the setlist being smaller back then. It's easy to remember a hard ass part when it's only a part of a smaller setlist. But mixed up with a bunch of newer songs I can see how it's easy to forget the little details

    • @myfavsandlikes7478
      @myfavsandlikes7478 3 роки тому

      That tapping riff is super hard to play at full speed, not that the entire song isn’t any less difficult lol.

  • @LordHereck
    @LordHereck 11 років тому +404

    Thats Helga Malmsteen. Yngwies sister

  • @chrisparker6282
    @chrisparker6282 6 років тому +2

    I like how watching this makes me think it’s easy to play because it’s all dripping off him like water in the rain. He can’t help but play! Master of all guitarists

  • @betterthanmost9549
    @betterthanmost9549 5 років тому +6

    0:55 for a brief second Michael expresses personal satisfaction with his own badassery.

  • @TidusfromZanarkand
    @TidusfromZanarkand 5 років тому +6

    Imagine how good he would be if he was actually trying!! Bloody hell his moves are effortless

  • @TornacenseDeFuturo
    @TornacenseDeFuturo 2 роки тому

    Since you uploaded this video, I come back each year to watch it :)

  • @Murphy_R9
    @Murphy_R9 9 років тому +45

    He is cleaner than Yngwie overall

  • @jessicametal7796
    @jessicametal7796 9 років тому +23

    Hell yeah! He's crushing that solo like it was a flimsy lawn chair he just sat in...

  • @MartyCannava
    @MartyCannava 13 років тому

    His playing is just so great, that tap/ string skipping part is awesome, and he seems to be a very kind man!

  • @MickCorgi
    @MickCorgi 13 років тому +5

    He's the star of all small handed guitarists. His play is amazingly noiseless and he does the dampening so well. Usually for small handed players, synchronization of left and right is poor, also dampening is always the problem. I bet he must have practiced 10 times as much as those with gifted big hands.

  • @spacep0d
    @spacep0d 8 років тому +33

    This gives me hope. #ShortStubbyFingers

    • @TheNickJonathan
      @TheNickJonathan 8 років тому +4

      e minor sweep picking arpeggios 7th fret root
      that one is a bitch

    • @keyboardwarria
      @keyboardwarria 8 років тому

      his fingers are actually quite long, he's just got a bit of fat in them so they look stubby lol

    • @faggotsmoker9588
      @faggotsmoker9588 8 років тому +1

      it's joke his fingers are actually not long. I'm pretty sure that he himself admitted that his hands aren't big on an interview.

    • @keyboardwarria
      @keyboardwarria 8 років тому

      ᶘoᴥoᶅ o yea?

  • @ThorsShadow
    @ThorsShadow 12 років тому +1

    This video has almost 2 million views. Maybe Michael finally gets the recognition he deserves so much.

  • @PauloSGM
    @PauloSGM 3 роки тому +3

    15 fucking years!

  • @ZachValkyrie
    @ZachValkyrie 13 років тому +4

    Michael Romeo has three speeds:
    Fast, Faster and KILL!!!

  • @northlandg5207
    @northlandg5207 2 роки тому

    Whatever the arguement about who is the best and all that ...that brings................This guy is the most under rated and under stated of them all! For me IS the best by far!

  • @kariayamkaridugong3575
    @kariayamkaridugong3575 8 років тому +69

    Goku + vegeta = super powerfull saiyan
    Michael Angel Batio + Malmsteen = Michael Romeo

  • @xeroblade012
    @xeroblade012 5 років тому +6

    Him, Alex Skolnick, Jeff Loomis, for G3?

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 5 років тому +1

      G3 is run by Satriani. It's his tour/festival that he invites two other guitarists to come tour with him on it. He has to be in there as one of them, even if you don't like him, lol. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a G3 -- it'd have to be another differently titled guitar-based tour since Satch owns the G3 name ;)
      I love Romeo, Skolnick and Loomis, just for the record too ;)

    • @xeroblade012
      @xeroblade012 5 років тому

      @@DeathBringer769 I thought it was Vai's though. Haha! But yeah, you're right, we can't have G3 if Satch won't be with them. :D
      Though it would be very interesting to see them perform together.

  • @Ianlive9
    @Ianlive9 5 років тому

    I saw Michael Romeo in 2012 ;provably Symphony X the most perfect performance who i,d never seen

  • @AlexOjideagu2
    @AlexOjideagu2 5 років тому +4

    1:10 Tony Macapline style lick

  • @vellron
    @vellron 10 років тому +4

    what the fuck did he do with the pick lol when he goes back to tapping?

    • @raptus9115
      @raptus9115 10 років тому +21

      It disappeared to the other side until summoned again by mighty Romeo.

    • @thomashollenbach3608
      @thomashollenbach3608 10 років тому +5

      it is absorbed into the fat of his skin when he begins tapping

    • @vellron
      @vellron 10 років тому +1

      Hah you fuckers are hilarious

    • @vellron
      @vellron 10 років тому

      And i genuinely mean that hahaha

  • @giuseppemare
    @giuseppemare 4 роки тому

    Love this! He should be giving lessons on anyone of the sites offering! Love this solo piece! I want to learn! Teach me!!!

  • @massemord
    @massemord Рік тому +6

    tomorrow I sell my guitar! 😅

  • @FlyingVMartin
    @FlyingVMartin 5 років тому +8

    Sadly, girls nowaday love guys play 4 chords Wonderwall

    • @mejorpegaleunllamadoaesteg7601
      @mejorpegaleunllamadoaesteg7601 5 років тому +4

      Right. Nowadays to know a plenty of guitar technique is useless. Is like to be master in yoh-yoh or some else.

    • @nickh1933
      @nickh1933 2 роки тому

      Don’t worry, those are the dumb girls….you don’t want them.

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks 4 роки тому +1

    Incredible.

  • @qawqaw1481
    @qawqaw1481 3 роки тому +3

    i can do the exact same , except i cannot smile during playin

  • @AnnihilatingAngel
    @AnnihilatingAngel 12 років тому +3

    He has short fingers, like me, so he's an inspiration.

  • @cameronpatrickscott
    @cameronpatrickscott Рік тому

    Mate that is fabtastically superlicious!

  • @yalikejazz4380
    @yalikejazz4380 7 років тому +12

    Guys he's not fat. He trained his finger so much, that the muscles in his fingers grew so big that there wasn't enough room in his hands, so the amount of muscle got spread through his whole body.

  • @JohnDoe-sz3lz
    @JohnDoe-sz3lz 8 років тому +50

    Michael Romeo looks like he ate a Sea of Fries.

    • @keyboardwarria
      @keyboardwarria 8 років тому +4

      ROFL you cracked me up

    • @GeorgeLifterMann
      @GeorgeLifterMann 8 років тому

      Lol but seriously,he's not fat! He's just a bit chubby he just has a quadruple chin!

    • @calebproductions5970
      @calebproductions5970 6 років тому +1

      Who cares ...is there a rule that chubby people aren't supposed to play guitar or something geez

  • @MicheleFano
    @MicheleFano 7 років тому

    the string skipping tapping is so sweet!

  • @miotubo839
    @miotubo839 10 років тому +220

    Sea of PIES.

  • @bobbydavro3603
    @bobbydavro3603 7 років тому +65

    Some cruel comments on here. This guy obviously has a lot on his plate at the moment.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 6 років тому +16

      Your mama is so fat she plays Sea of Lies in guitar instructional videos.

    • @sspark2686
      @sspark2686 6 років тому +2

      U.V. S. I don't know why the fuck i laughed because of your comment, i shall die now

    • @MustangDesudiroz
      @MustangDesudiroz 6 років тому

      ded

    • @GoulartGH
      @GoulartGH 5 років тому +2

      @G OA aren't you body shaming skinny people, though?

  • @ccd24767
    @ccd24767 5 років тому +1

    I'm a first-time listener. Very impressive!

  • @01firefingers
    @01firefingers 11 років тому +5

    He looks like Beverly Hills Ninja ;)

  • @silverstone3228
    @silverstone3228 8 років тому +7

    sea of liesagna

  • @yanava
    @yanava 5 років тому +1

    This video terrorized me back in 2006. I remember picking it up probably in DVD or VHS and I could not believed guitar could be played like that. His odd number groupings are quite cool to improve a phrase

  • @efraindiaz2189
    @efraindiaz2189 5 років тому +3

    Yo tocaba así pero me fracture la rodilla

  • @davidrodriguez4016
    @davidrodriguez4016 10 років тому +7

    El J.S Bach de la guitarra.

  • @ClaudioRowe
    @ClaudioRowe Рік тому

    man, this is the most underrated guitarist on the face of the earth, period

  • @nitpicker9406
    @nitpicker9406 10 років тому +59

    How can those fat fingers move that fast? It's an enigma.

    • @metafull
      @metafull 10 років тому +17

      Same question to malsteem and shawn lane.

    • @killerdamocles69
      @killerdamocles69 9 років тому +16

      Pedro Omar Soto
      At least Shawn Lane could blame his medical condition. Malmsteen just likes Donuts.....sometimes

    • @metafull
      @metafull 9 років тому +5

      Damo Bozo What i mean, they are all fat, but talented.

    • @MrASE666
      @MrASE666 9 років тому

      Hidious Vanity karl sanders leader guitarist of nile is 10 times this guys and he plays like him xD.

    • @metafull
      @metafull 9 років тому +3

      PETER G LOL so funny, watch his "betcha cant play this". He doesnt play like michael romeo.

  • @teteh4390
    @teteh4390 5 років тому +5

    sea of fries

  • @SunaKhei93
    @SunaKhei93 6 років тому

    This is some sick sweep tapping! He's really a guitar beast!

  • @powermtll
    @powermtll 11 років тому +3

    Timo tolkki, Yngwie Malmsteen and Michael Romeo, good guitarists, good stomachs