The Greatest Guitar Solo Ever Played
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Finally, Eddie Hazel will get more of the credit and recognition he deserves. Maggot Brain really is amazing. He played as if his mother died and made an eternal piece of music
"Games, dames and guitar thangs" is one of Eddie's solo albums and it is AMAZING!
Yes!
@@buxeessingh2571 yes! Yes! YES!
George told him to play that way and then halfway into the song he told Eddie to play as if he found out she was alive
He’s one of my faves.
If you enjoy Maggot Brain and Hazel’s work with Funkadelic, his solo album “Games Dames and Guitar Thangs” and particularly his version of California Dreamin’ is definitely worth a listen.
His version of California Dreaming is arguably the best
he completely snaps on "shes so heavy" remix
@@swankmank Right before the final solo when you can hear Ed says, "Ah!"
Yes..i love it.
100%
I read the title and said to myself "If he's not talking about Maggot Brain, he's wrong". I'm actually surprised because it's amazing how many people don't even know about this gem. Glad you didn't disappoint. Huge thanks!
It was in the thumbnail dude
@@RByrne cool, dude
@@BootsWalken it is a beautiful silo though
Only other thing to rival this song in my mind is machine gun from the band of gypsies album, absolutely amazing work by Hendrix
nothing will ever top this in my eyes
This wasn't a guitar solo. It was the spirit of a generation crying out as their dreams were taken from them. It chose Eddie's guitar as its voice on that particular day.
that is the best way ive ever heard anyone put it, thank you
Someone cutting onions?
Shit man.
Yeah, cry more, thank god people realized that the hippies are just ignorant, dumb, filthy and capable of doing horrendous things in name of Peace and all that BS, the dream is over, go flip some burgers at McDonald's
@@johnf.r6658 lol
mmmhmmm... * nodding *
Glad you chose to analyze this song. Easily one of if not the most heartfelt, soulful guitar playing I've ever heard.
My ftiend put on a Ween song and i wasile wtf then when i found out i was called a tear for eddie my anger suubsided
That spoken word intro was so apocalyptic. Just pain and meditation. The greatest bit of guitar that I ever heard.
It's from The Process Church of the Final Judgement literature iirc. George and Funkadelic were big into it and it's esoterica
@@earlpipe9713 Fear...
Eddie Hazel deserves way more attention than he gets from music heads. Same with James Jamerson from the Funk Brothers. That man created dozens of the most classic Motown bass lines.
In my mind what others say means less than sh?t. Eddie Hazel is my guitar hero and James Jamerson Sr. is my bass hero.
Ima need a Bootsy Collins video now bro. He was one of the more creatives of Funkadelic and brought tons of influence from James Brown to the band.
Yep. He showed them the concept of “The One” when he joined the group after leaving JB. I agree, he should be talked about since he was integral to P-Funk’s ability to be alternative and popular simultaneously.
@@apexone5502 couldn’t agree more man
Watch his tales from the tour bus by Mike judge
You know Bootsy's best friend is Buckethead, right? Those 2 are CLOSE. Bucket is doing all he can to carry P Funk to anyone who will listen. Bucket was VERY close with Bernie, too. Bernie is actually Bucketheads biggest inspiration. He loved Bernie like he loves Bootsy.
I came here fully ready to angrily say "No. The greatest was Maggot Brain." Thank you.
Great tribute to an unsung and largely unknow guitar hero. Just one note: Parliament didn't stop to exist when Funkadelic were born. The two bands had parallel careers, on different labels, throughout the 70' with Parliament being more horn based soul-funk and Funkadelic being more guitar based rock-funk. The musicians were the same for the most part and live, songs from both bands were performed, usually under the P-Funk all stars name.
Thanks for one more precious video, your channel rocks. And at times it funks as well 😉
That did happen later but iirc they had to have a hiatus in releasing Parliament albums from the early Parliaments to Parliament.
Beautiful eulogy for an incredible player. Maggot Brain has gotta be one of the most raw and emotional musical performances ever recorded, Eddie Hazel may be dead but he will be remembered forever
I've surreptitiously snuck this song into my playlist when friends are over and it never fails to garner a "what is this?" comment. They are always surprised and love it because they've never heard it before. Glad you drew attention to such a great rock guitar solo, I hope more people hear it.
Same here. People from vastly different musical backgrounds too. Always gets their attention.
I do the same thing! This song just affects people and I'm always thrilled to share it with people
Yeah, because back in the 70's through the 90's they wouldn't mention Eddie Hazel at all in any guitar magazines but now that he's gone he finally gets his props.
This is exactly how I found it. My buddy had a later version from Kidd Funkadelic and i vividly remember, through the substances stopping everything and demanding to know "what the fuck is this?"
Blew my mind. Still does. Anyone who sees this should check out the live version Pearl Jam did one random night in like 1992.
@TheSmokePope yeah, Mike McCready sure channeled Jimi and Eddie that night in 1995. Still my favorite cover of Little Wing & Maggot Brain.
Eddie Hazel is my all times favourite guitarist and this is one of my favourite pieces of music. For anyone who might be hearing about him for the first time here, you should definitely check out his solo album Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs. It's very much in the vein of Funkadelic, and I think it's one the highest moments in music history for the electric guitar
I second this
Amazing album man. Gotta check out that early Bootsy Collins as well.
@@jarrenmg Oh yeah for sure. Even the more recent ones like worldwide funk, everything by Bootsy Collins is good
definitely! California dreaming is a banger
Excellent essay. Me and some of the guys on my dorm floor would take turns introducing each other to good music late Saturday nights my freshman year. My roommate was HEAVY into Funkadelic so I heard this song repeatedly. Growing up in the 60's and attending college in the 70's I can identify with everything said in this video.
Thanks for the memories...
This solo doesn’t get as much love and attention as it should. It makes me feel as if the cord was cut on my astronaut suit and as I float into my last few moments, I see the sun and peacefully float away to the other side. Eddie, may your name always be great, your mind always found gorgeous grooves and your peace great.
I love this visual you've conjured, brother
As a Boomer, I started listening to commercial rock radio in 1969. For the first few years, rock radio stations had a sense of adventure and would play blues and folk artists in addition to the rock stalwarts. But starting around the mid-seventies, the playlists of these stations started to ossify into a very stagnant pattern -- basically Led Zeppelin, bands that tried to sound like Led Zeppelin and a few other things. Funkadelic did not fit the mold because it was a black funk band. Rock radio was a monoculture at that point.
They need to make a movie on Eddie Hazel
Eddie was otherworldly. Breakdown, Friday Night August 14th, Maggot Brain, Hit It and Quit It, Wars of Armageddon, I’ll Stay, etc. Prolific player and only emotion elicited. We miss you forever, Eddie
found this song randomly during the peak of an acid trip 2 years ago and it's been my favourite song ever since.
Nothing comes even close to this masterpiece
All maggot brain enjoyers, I have 2 songs for y’all to listen to that really encapsulate Eddie hazels magic, a tear for Eddie by ween, live and studio. You will not be disappointed. And before the beginning by John frusciante. They’re both tributes to maggot brain by beautiful musicians.
Yes to Tear for Eddie….but the live at Stubbs version!
Okay will do.
Yeah those were pretty good too...
Maggot Brain on Mike Watt's Ballhog or Tugboat J Mascis on guitar....
@@DJPLAYNICE ya that Mike watt cover is fucking bitching dude peels the layers back on your brain
(Allan Holdsworth fans all raise their eyeborows...)
His five g solo is one of the finest examples of technical complexity matched with huge feeling
So glad you are on here Andy
This solo makes me cry everytime. I rank it as the #1 solo, with Zappa's Watermelon on Easter Hay at #2 and Marc Ribot's solo on the Tom Waits song Hoist that Rag at #3. The only person who can really play like Hazel is Prince, who I'm sure took great inspiration from him. Like the solos on Purple Rain, The Question of You and While my Guitar Gently Weeps at the George Harrison tribute.
Where's Rory Gallagher in that list...?
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Oh God, I'm glad someone else mentioned Watermelon in Easter Hay. It's hard to not cry a little listening to how amazing that is.
@@trevordoolan5011 bro just embarrassed himself. WE TALKING ABOUT REAL GUITARISTS not pop
@@CursxR0 Are you implying Rory Gallagher is Pop❗
One the Greatest Blues Rock Guitarists EVER...!
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@@CursxR0 So Rory Gallagher is a pop guitarist but Prince isn't???
No freaking way.. I've always said this was the best solo myself. My opinions don't usually line up that well with others. The Pearl Jam live version (a Maggot Brain/Little Wing combo) has a good solo too - that made me understand what a "wailing guitar" really sounds like. I remember I used to get really high and listen to these deep songs like this - Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, The Doors, etc. I just realized this is the channel where I learned about Bela Lugosi's Dead. I've been listening to that song like crazy since I saw that video. These videos like this about songs where they're playing in the background as you talk about them are awesome - they like perfectly encapsulate the vibe. Like where you're talking about the song eulogizing Jimi Hendrix - (chef's kiss).
Great video and great guitar solo. But the greatest guitar solo ever played is, without a doubt, by Jimi Hendrix in Machine Gun at The Filmore East January 1, 1970. It also happens to begin with the single most powerful note ever played on the guitar.
............yep.......Machine Gun can't be touched..........and I'm a huge Eddie Hazel fan.........
Rory Gallagher❗
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@@trevordoolan5011 I know Gallagher is quite overlooked, but not really a reason to do spam.
All masterful work. But have you never heard Gilmour's second solo in Comfortably Numb from the '94 Pulse show? Respectfully have to disagree.
The track is astonishing, an early high water mark of the 70s. The entire album is great. I had the great pleasure of seeing Mr. Clinton and crew (not with Eddie, of course; I'm not quite that old), and this was the thing that laid me out. The entire show was brilliant, but hearing Maggot Brain live is an altering experience, the live, howling guitar bouncing back and forth across
Yup, Maggot Brain has a buncha straight up Jams, that were not only funky groovy, but also catchy enough to be hit singles (though I'm glad they weren't just for the fact it kept em away from the moronic classic rock radio station format of "album rock" but actually only the songs considered hits in prior decades ✊🤬)
I still remember the first time I heard this. I had just started to play guitar and discovered this by accident. My mind was blown, this was such a journey. Great solo and great song
Sadly, most people know nothing of the genius of funkadelic. The musicianship of the entire P-Funk family was just mindblowing.
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
They were pretty gross, actually
This song always overwhelms me with emotion every time I listen to it. It is utterly brilliant...tragic, desperate, hopeful...and this was a fine tribute to it. Thank you Polyphonic!
As amazing as the recorded version is, the performance from the 1971 Live at Meadowbrook album is just transcendent.
I saw my first p-funk show in 1977. It was the mothership tour. I’ve seen them so many times since then that I lost count. But one of the most memorable shows was in Memphis, Tennessee in 1983, when I stood just a few feet from the stage, and watched Eddie and Michael Hampton trading off on maggot brain. To actually stand there and watch Eddie play this, and also the added benefit of getting to watch Michael Hampton play it also was something I’ll never forget.
You really should've mentioned Kidd Funkadelic and how he's carried the torch for Eddie ever since. Mike is an, INCREDIBLE guitarist and deserved mention here.
Clinton’s production, his control of the reverb and delay swells, is almost as magical as the solo itself.
Can't believe I've never heard this song before... Beautiful
I'm retired now, but once called myself a musician. I also worked evening and late night radio (on-air), and I was also in my 20s in the 70s. When I saw this title, "The Greatest Guitar Solo Ever Played", I thought to myself, "what kind of bullsh*t is this?" My views on such things are always hypercritical (and hopefully well-informed), but knowing Polyphonic's take on so many other recordings, and how well you dive into everything you post, I thought I would hear what you had to share. Verdict: 100% in agreement with you. As articulate as Eddie's guitar, great work as always. Thanks for sharing... Btw, I just want to mention the total hazing my inner city neighborhood brothers gave me when I first started listening to Hendrix (they were still heavily into Motown at the time). A year or so later, they gave a me a collective bow... ha, ha, ha!
Of course they did!
I can listen to this piece of music forever.
Eddie Hazel still has a big spot in my head.
This solo is a poem. An epic one. An absolute masterpiece.
I have a playlist on spotify called "8+ minute jams" and this is the song that holds it together in a way. There's a lot of variety in that playlist, but one drawn out solo that feels like a whole album.
What are some other songs on there? This makes me want to make my own playlist. I’m thinking I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Achilles Last Stand, Cliffs of Dover, Jessica
@@jeremyrosenberger8535 Yea I am curious as well
Surely Rory Gallagher is in there...
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Can you send me a link for that, please? I want to chek out that list
Thanks, Polyphonic, for this video on "Maggot Brain" and Eddie Hazel -- the latter does, indeed, deserve much greater recognition amongst those considered the all-time greatest guitarists, and he's certainly in the company of Hendrix in terms of sheer virtuosity, but he wasn't just a copycat miming his hero -- he found his own voice within that sphere of influence, and it hella reverberates all these decades later in one of the most immortal guitar solos ever recorded!!!
In my week long binge of this song I searched for and consumed every live recording, article, cover, or interview I could. I no longer remember where I found this information, but I remember Clinton himself saying that in the legend of the creation of the song; the part where he specifically tells Eddie to change as if his mother was still alive, is in fact false.
I agree, but if you want a nice short guitar solo, and want some Claymation with it, check out Inca Roads - Frank Zappa, off the album "A Token Of His Extreme"
heres the link to it by the way,
ua-cam.com/video/wqp71DOJ3aY/v-deo.html
skip to around 2 or so minuets in, as thats when the guitar solo starts,
it brought me to tears when I first listened to it.
Hazel has a sick solo album of "guitar" covers of some popular songs of the time including I want you (she's so heavy) by the Beatles.
Rest in Peace Eddie Hazel. One of the greatest guitarists of all time.
I still vividly remember my first time hearing maggot brain. I was down bad and high above the clouds when the next song of this random psychedelic playlist a friend gave me came on. It was surreal. I didn't even know what I just witnessed until the song was over. To this day there are no words for what I saw and felt in these eye opening 10 minutes, but a thousand words of praise for my good friend the next day for showing me this gem.
Eddie hazel is one of my favorite guitarists. That quote by George Clinton fits him so well the raw emotion and technical ability. Love p funk content on here
i remember i heard this for the first time, then my buddy told me the lore behind the solo. this song, and the solo, are deserving of this spot in the ranks.
Meh. I prefer solos that serve the song, not solos that ARE the song.
Fair enough
A criminally underrated solo from a criminally underrated guitarist. Thank you for this one!
I picked this album up a couple of months ago thinking I was getting a funk album. Imagine my surprise when I heard some of the most savage, raw,distorted guitar playing I’ve heard in a while. Quite a pleasant surprise.
I remember crying the first time I heard this song and not knowing why. Now I know!
Same
I worked at Tower Records for almost 5 years. My store closed because it lost its lease. The final night-the last song played over the store speakers was "Maggot Brain."
Will never forget the first time hearing this song. Never knew a guitar could sing with such pain and rawness. Fly high eddie and jimi. Amazing video as always polyphonic
This and the guitar work on Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts blow my mind every time. Hazel was a god on guitar.
Maggot brain is such an underrated song. the guitar solo is among the best, and Eddie Hazels ability to play such a great tune for over * minutes is insane.
anyone who has never heard of eddie hazel before but digs this song: you gotta check out his solo album---its some of the most out there and amazing guitar music in the world
Sorry to butt in with this, but it is important: people might think you meant that Jimi Hendrix OD’d on heroin.
Before he went to sleep for the last time, he took too many sleeping pills (prescribed to his girlfriend at the time, Monika Dannemann) and suffocated a few hours later.
The circumstances of his death are not entirely clear, but I think his death might possibly have easily been prevented.
Jimi was not a junkie, nor a particularly heavy drug user at all.
Thanks for the video.
I love this album!
Yes, It's in People in Media like Yourself to be Extravagant in Praise of the "IDOLS"...But in This Case, I Grudgingly would Have to a Degree. Ironically "Machine Gun" Is Irrefutably a CO- Alltime #1, ESPECIALLY Now...
Yup. Will forever outshine any solo that preceded or followed it. 🙌
Hotel California and Comfortably numb are up there tho
Let's hope not ✌
@@mr.s845 Okay. I agree that they are guitar masterpieces. But they need the context of the song. They need the setup of the lyrics and motifs heard throughout the song to make sense and feel 'off' when heard solitairy. Maggot Brain doesn't need words or context. Leave George's words out, it will punch you exactly the same way.
@@TFFgeek shine on you crazy diamond, that thang is more instrumental than song lol
This song is a combination of Abbey Road's "She's So Heavy" by the Beatles - in the intro - and early Pink Floyd in the rest of this song. Calm down. It's been done before.
Use to think Gilmour was the best now its Eddie Hazel. Hendrix and Hazel greatest ever now that im older.
To this day ill never forget the trance this song put me into the first time i ever heard it , truly soul connecting
Sum years back I had a talk on the phone with Fuzzy Haskins and I asked him out of all the Funkadelic’s Guitarist in you opinion who was the Greatest Funkadelic Guitarist of all time? With out any hesitation he replied Eddie Hazel I said really ? He replied no doubt I was in Funk mediation mode R.I.P. my brother Fuzzy Haskins ❤
I would argue the other greatest guitar solo ever played is also on this album on the song Super Stupid. Most insane, frantic and emotional guitar meltdown I’ve ever heard in my life. Super acid drenched and heavy shredding until his fingers must have been bleeding
Go elsewhere to hear the solo. This is expository material, back story and the like.
I like Genesis P. Orridge (PTV) remake of this iconic song. Try it, if u didn't listen..
Here in Cleveland, local radio station WMMS always played Maggot Brain at 1:00 am on a Sunday morning. It was a fantastic coda to a Saturday night. I think WNCX now does it at midnight on Saturday night. It is the greatest rock guitar solo ever.
That solo rips your guts out... hand em' back and then snatches back and run.
Oh, fuck yes. "Maggot Brain" is among the most sublime pieces of music ever recorded, and Eddie's guitar is the primary reason why.
The song Hey by Red Hot Chili Peppers Will always be a favor of mine. For these reasons, you could tell that John Fucciante was pouring his emotions into that guitar over two solos
I mean the the solo from Can’t Stop is pretty much exactly the main phrase from this song.
Very very good solo but I think a lot of Zappa solos eclipse it. Its not quite to that level. Not that I want to compare amazing solos- but you're the one labelling it the "greatest guitar solo ever played"
Don't know how this will be taken......this tune is the soundtrack to the life I have lived. See u on the other side. Don't be late.
I watched polyphonic a lot two years ago when I was a heavy pot smoker, I'm very glad I've recently curbed my addictive habit and I have a whole lot of Polyphonic content to catch up on... cheers!
Can't get enough of this song eddie hazel is tremendous 2023 sounds great still
My father showed me this song… some old radio station out of detroit used to play it @ midnight every saturday night. that’s how i found out about it. so many years ago. possible my favorite guitar solo ever.
We really need something like this for Randy Rhoads, I'd love to see an analysis for Mr Crowley
I can t believe one of my favourite bands ever,Funkadelic, gets it s recognition alongside one of the most underrated guitarists ever ,Mr. Hazel. I am so happy🥺
You take way to long introducing the actual name of the song/solo
I found Maggot Brain through one of those "top 100 guitar solos" list. It was something like number 87. Those lists always just turn out to be popularity contests.
You are talking like that list wasn't made by consumers of the magazine 😄
Bro u lost me with that Beatles BS....both Hendrix and funkadelic would destroy anything the Beatles ever made. Especially at that time period
Good thing music isn’t a competition
Wtf my teacher played this in class the day you released this
Terrific video. Parliament-Funkadelic is my absolute favorite band. Seeing you credit Maggot Brain as the greatest guitar solo ever made my day!
Suggestion - the greater P-Funk "mythology" could made a awesome future video. There's a lot to work with - social commentary, African diaspora motif, the heroes and villains as metaphors for freedom and expression vs. repression, etc.
Agreed with others that Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs is a great album for more of Eddie, especially the cover of California Dreamin'.
Side note for anyone who's new to P-Funk, check out Michael Hampton too, the lead guitarist after Eddie left. Eddie left big shoes to fill, but Michael's playing was awesome too, in a different way from Eddie's. Michael handled lots of the major guitar work through P-Funk's golden age of ~1975-79 and beyond, and help shape funk-rock for bands like RHCP, Living Colour, etc.
2:15 that video playing is a video of Leadbelly playing in 1935 which is cool to randomly see in a video
When I play the chords to this around musicians I meet who are not aware of what it is, if I get a "I don't like that", I know who ever says that will probably not be my buddy. When they say "what is that you playing?"( with a smile), I know we are on the same wavelength.
Pathetic
Real ones know this song from House Md
Going a bit past the title track itself, but I love that Maggot Brain is followed up by Can You Get To That.
It’s like a celebration you earn as the listener, for making it through the turmoil & intensity of Maggot Brain. Funkadelic begs you to sing & dance with them.
It actually makes you feel so many emotions, I first heard this on mushrooms and was taken over ,it still has the same effect every time I hear it
I'm curious as to where you found the footage of Hazel playing on the red guitar. That guitar looks like a superstrat design, which didn't become popular until the 80's, when the second greatest guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, invented it.
Speaking of superstrats, that would be another great video topic. How one guitar platform came to dominate an entire era of music.
Maggot brain definitely sounds like hendrixs solo on machine gun
I own this album on vinyl and it's one of my favorites to listen to. Such a fantastic solo.
I remember when I first heard it. It was unreal. And that magic comes back every single time I listen to this. This is literally perfect
All that right into “Can You Get to That” uuuuhhh so beautiful!! I’mma cry just thinking about it. The whole album is incredible!
The early 70s had such amazing, soulful musicians like Eddie Hazel. "Maggot Brain" the album remains my favorite Funkadelic work. Another artist worth checking out is Shuggie Otis. The 1-2 punches of "Freedom Flight" and "Inside Information" were so strong yet sadly not popularly recognized for being the classics they were at the time. The song "Freedom Flight" is also another virtuosic, extended instrumental that touches you with its graceful, peaceful beauty. I wish I had been old enough to experience Funkadelic & Shuggie Otis at this time.
Of course the nearly contemporaneous classics of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?", Sly & the Family Stone's "There's a Riot Going On", and Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" was showing the heights of what Funk, Rock and Soul could achieve in those glorious days (musically speaking).
I found this song when I was listening to this band Ween, Tears for Eddie. And I was wondering who eddie was and bc the song was simply amazing. Come to find out the song is a tribute to hazel. Then stumbled on Maggot brain. Wish I could listen to it for the first time again
This solo influenced my musical language in a way I didn’t recognise until many years later, I re listened to it and was struck by this realisation and it brought a tear to my eye
Hendrix’s death was an overdose but not by his doing.
"The pain of Maggot Brain, is the pain of an imagined utopia lost."
beautifully put sir
Seen this live. It was fucking emotional.
this chanel have to talk about Fela Kuti!
Or just tony allen
I woke up after a night of lsd, (still kinda feeling it) and I heard my roommate playing this note for note and cried in my bed. And that’s the end of the story
Damn, cool roommate
I love this song so much
YES!!! SOME EDDIE HAZEL/PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ACTION! If you guys can, please cover the story of Glenn Goins!
Maggot rain and Super Stupid are both awesome songs so much emotion from his solo. Thank you, Eddie, just brilliant.
A long time favorite...check out the Mike Watt, J Mascis cover on Ball hog or Tugboat....#awesome