The PARADISE CITY Lick That TERRIFIED Me as a Guitarist!
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2022
- It took the pressure of making a solos video with fellow UA-camrs to finally make me break down and learn the end solo section of Paradise City by Guns n' Roses. It took many hours but I finally have a cool way to play it so I wanted to show you how.
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After so many years... can't believe I'm watching someone ACTUALLY playing the real solo and not replacing original licks with lame phrasing. You're insane dude. Saludos!
Niko Slash also does it very well
So you have not seen Niko Slash right?
@@slash2220 Very well yes, matches the original recording no. This version matches the exact transcript from the original AFD recording.
@@slash2220 Actually a correction on my last comment, this one has a mistake as well. After the initial 10 11-P-10-P-8 (pull offs) he plays 10 on the second then 9 on the third and 8 on the second. The original slash versions plays that 10-9-8 with 10 on the the third 10 on the second and 10 on the third again (10-10-10).
The one solo that consistently makes my hair stand on end. The absolute chaos at the end of this song is probably what I’d show to aliens if they asked what rock and roll was.
100% to me it's the biggest fucking hard rock song of all time!
Listen to the dont damn me solo too. Fucking killer
Yeah. Pure chaos.
That ending was the absolute best ‘80s rock and roll ever got. GNR’s finest moment, bar none.
@@IGarrettI yeah baby !! Don't Damn Me is a top banger
Slash is so underrated by some guitar players it’s ridiculous. He’s one of the best ever.
"I've been obsessed with this song for three straight days..."
It's ok. I've been obsessed with this song for three straight DECADES. This song made me want to play rock and roll as a kid.
I'm so glad someone recognises this solo. This blew me away the first time I listened to Appetite
I've been delving into Slash recently and falling in love with his playing. However, some of his songs are damn hard. I'm tired of Anastasia, a very difficult piece for me, especially the solo parts. It's a pity I only recently appreciated Slash!
Man, I love Anastasia, I just got that part down, where it's 10-12-13-12-10-13-12-13 starting on the B and E strings and so on, finally! I just used Guitars Pro, slowed it down and worked my way up from there. I know you're into Slash but check out Alter Bridge, Metalingus and Blackbird, especially, is a bi***! Good luck brother, cheers and happy playing!! 🤘
@@drewharper1891 thank you, i will check out your reccomendations 💜
I feel the second part of the main solo melody is the bit where I always mess up just before the verse riff. Another few songs that are really challenging to get right are Halo's riff and Too Far Gone's bridge riff.
if you haven't checked it out yet, Don't Damn Me is gonna blow your socks off
But can you Govan?
When I saw the title of the video, I was hoping for a certain part of the solo. As soon as I hit play, I thought "YES. That's exactly the part I was thinking!". Nice video and thanks for shedding some light on a part of the song that never gets the attention it deserves
Same here
Me too! Can't believe someone actually broke it down
To me the greatest part of this solo and whole album is that Slash was just 20 years old when they started recording Appetite. The talent and maturity in his playing at such a young age is unreal.
It seriously is. I'd say he was a phenomenon similar to EVH and Hendrix and David Gilmour. Imo. To be that good at that age isn't from just tons of practice. It's like a built in instinct or something. Just magic.
@@teslaedison6236 Hmmm , he took a lot from Jimmy Page.
Acording to google he started playing at age 15, so only 5 years in doing bangers
@@mojopin70 STOP COMPARING EVERY GODAM GUITARIST WHITH THE GODAM LAME ASS PAGEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@mojopin70 page took alot from beck
Jeez man you nailed that!
Thanks Ross. Whole Lotta Work. ;) I just checked out your channel. Great playing. Congrats on your success.
@@TheArtofGuitar Thanks man! You too 👊
Same here, that part of the solo always blew me away. My other favorite Slash moment is the solo-ish riff at 2 minutes into "Civil War". It sounds like he's playing guitar with a flame thrower!
The Paradise City solo is one of the very few that still blow me away after years of playing. Most solos can be broken down to a few sections where you can kinda map out what the player was doing, but this is just on another level, you can tell he wasn't mechanically thinking of any of the phrases, they just flow so perfectly.
Next has got to be Sykes' blistering solo in Still of the Night. It's so buried in the mix and hard to determine what he's playing
YES!
Could do, or Crying in the Rain for true epicness 😄
YESSsssssss! Someone did dig it out though and sounded pretty darn close
My ex gf plays that part when my band does that song, I honestly dont know how she does it
For years ive seen video of people playing their own version of this never to attempt the original and you are the first to actually nail it.
Slash really is an excellent player and this solo really does capture that. Bro, you did an excellent job with this.
Love this solo! 🔥🤘🏻
Every time I hear this tune it reminds me of the opening of the Rock of Ages movie. Gives me such a euphoric feeling to think of this song filling up a stadium and the crowd going wild! 😊
I dig your content and thank you for your time, detail, and passion. This solo is a real hellraiser! Love the detail of how he goes from bridge to neck pickup as it goes to ludicrous speed.
1:17 I love it 😂😂
You absolutely NAILED that solo. I am very impressed, Mike.
This is a great solo because it gets more and more intense ...
Amazing! This lick has terrified and amazed me for decades and maybe the time has come to finally tackle it with this great breakdown of yours. Thanks.
That solo is terrifying, but so fricken awesome! Great breakdown of it and thanks. Subbed!
I always thought this was improvised, but now I feel he had a solid structure for this run. Great work man, wow!
Awesome job man. Always wondered about this exact spot. You're doing good work
Another great video! This solo always impressed me even before I played guitar. I never realized there were chromatic licks in there as well as a quick diminished lock too. This breakdown is super helpful and informative!🤟🎸
Fantastic lesson and analysis of one of my all-time favorite solos---awesome video, thank you!!
Very well done. Glad there is someone willing to try and make sense of everything he does there. The mixture of scales is pretty awesome.
This solo has kept me from attempting Paradise City. Thanks for the breakdown.
Awesome!! Thanks! Great tutorial. Would LOVE to have a few more sections of the solo!
I've played this song live many times but never bothered learning the solo - it's just too bonkers! I really should some day as it's an absolute monster of a solo. A perfect halfway point between Chuck Berry rock n roll and EVH shred. Incredible playing.
That was freaking perfect! Man you're such a great guitarist.
Love the videos, you helped me improve my playing alot 🤙
That’s the best lesson I’ve seen on that solo. Great job!
Didnt know I need this video untill now hahahhahahah loved it, dude! Great Job!
You play it so perfectly crisp and clean!🤘🏽🤘🏽
Great walkthrough Mike. Maybe one day I’ll attempt this 🤣. Please make more videos like this 🤘🏻
I can’t thank you enough for making such a great tutorial on that section! Incredible cooking🤘🤘⚡️🎸
Bravo my friend! That’s a spot on transcription. Man that same phrase where he switches to the neck pickup has always been intimidating to me too. Gonna give it a shot now that I see it’s possible for a mere mortal to play it correctly.
Learning these old solos is a freaking fantastic idea! I've been working on Cliffs of Dover, but that's a BIG chunk of stuff to try to chew. This seems so much more achievable.
I’ve learned up to the last flurry of notes and rewinded the video more than I can count😂
This last outro solo is criminaly completely underrated
I have always ran away from this solo too. This is something I needed for sure. It’s a freaking monster.
One of the best guitar solos, so much energy in it, it's just wild. And thats exactly the part where i am stuck, so thanks for this video! Fun fact: my wife (non-musician) is a huge GnR Fan but actually never noticed the solo at the end, until i pointed it out for her. Guess she was just focusing on axels voice.
I've played over 36 yrs and it took me a solid 3 to 4 days to get it right and the speed. I can tell you that you have to hear it and the patterns can throw you a curve so do less than he was like just a few notes and when you get to a tie in focus on it you will get it but it takes time and patience so don't give up.
You did well breaking down this solo.
Not an easy job as Slash's style is pretty spontaneous and freestyle.
I've tried to mimic this solo many times but gave up😀
Thanks for the upload.
Thank you so much for this! I'll probably never be able to play it but its so cool to be able to see what Slash was playing and make sense of it, hopefully I can use some of this to play fast licks in a new way
Excellent lesson, and you absolutely nailed the solo, but the best part of the video for me is the comment section. Everyone seems to have the same love (and fear) of this solo that I do.
It’s odd to me that it’s never listed in the best solos category, because I think it’s one of the best.
This was very well done, when learning this solo i quickly realized the exact notes wasn't as important as just getting the right scale and feel during some of the blazing parts, but you got really darn close to the exact ones anyways!
Great break-down Mike. Amazing!
Great video, thanks. I’ve never really found a good breakdown of this section of the song. I love GNR and I’ve been puzzled by this solo for years.
Totally nailed it! Thanks for this tutorial much needed. And that Black Beauty is a beast of a workmanship!
That was a really good job man, well done learning it
Who'd've thought that one day I'd be listening to Michael McIntyre doing his best to explain how to play the end of Paradise City
this is a really cool lesson! respect of the work!
You absolutely smoked this one man. Thanks for doing this video I’ve always done it like Slash different every time lol.
best lesson on yt so far. thanks a lot you made this song learnable for me
Great video Mike. This is going to be fun.
Mike came through with the gusto on this one. Yim made great video 🎸🤟🎸
Awesome job, great playing. Really though makes you re-realise how good people like Slash are.
Your an amazing and patient teacher. Oh my Goodness that’s serious skills. 😳😳
I can't believe I'll try to learn this thing now...thanks for the video!
I’ve also been trying to learn this solo for the last few days. You definitely play it the best of all the UA-camrs.
Man, your tone really is on fire these days. That ENGL is fantastic. That beautiful LP doesn't hurt either.
I wish I could sub again off that opening solo! Well done👌🤘
Holy Hell, great Paradise City solo man! Bravo!
This part of that solo is pure killer 80s love for ripping guitar…
Subbed!
Your LP is just stunning, drool
Awesome playing man!
Great work thanks for this dude love this solo
You Sir are a legend 👏 Thank you for this lesson!
Great stuff Mike!
Amazing, dude... Just amazing!
I don't think even Slash knows how to play that anymore. :)
Incredible work!
Amazing!! This part blows my mind since always and still does to this day
Once I had to play this song live and I was freaking out because I couldn't play this part properly
Luckily, the other guitarist started to solo at the end and I got rid of the reeponsability of playing that hahahaha after this video, it won't happen again next time 🤘
Great video as always, shame you sped the intro footage up thought
Impressive. I’ve never even heard slash do this note for not. Very good 👍
Thanks for demystifying the only bit on the album that I gave up on over 30 years ago. Still, my fingers now won't be quick enough but glad to see it's possible for the young and able :-)
Without a doubt, the best cover. Well done!
Outstanding! It blows my mind that Slash was only like 22yro when they recorded appetite
He was 21 years old. The record came out two days before his birthday.
He was 21 when he recorded and it was released, but joined guns at 19. So he wrote a lot of these riffs as a teenager. Oh, and he didn't even start playing the guitar until he was 15.
Perfect!!
The 1st solo on White Lion's "Warsong" is pretty furious. The 2nd solo is slow and filled with emotion. Check it out.
The last White Lion album had some great stuff on it. Too bad it was buried so quickly.
Great job man, you pulled it off ! I read somewhere Eddie Van Halen did praise Slash in person for this particular solo.
Dude i still love that mockingbird...great video! I love that you got slash with the bad brains shirt too.
Hardest solo from the GnR catalogue, great job!
Love your guitar!
I love how you are teaching us a way to play this amazing solo and at the same time you're teaching about the Micro-Chaining learning method that you did some time ago, this is perfect for players who want to learn this
That is one fine looking Les Paul! Playing's pretty good too. 👍
I LOVE THIS SONG! THANK YOU MAN!
It's fucking awesome man I'm playing an listening to this 30 yrs u have it to a tee well done
I've never heard anyone play Slash that well. Mind blown.
What a beauty of a guitar!🎸♥️
awesome video. Am I crazy trying to alt pick this? We'll see haha.
One of the best guitar channels on YT!🙂
This is really awesome, can you make a similar lesson for the first part of this solo so it’s one complete solo. Cheers
I just took a look at this song recently and this song is BRUTAL. It’s overlooked how tough this is to play
Dude Nice Job!!!!!
my "NEW" all time favorite lesson! 🤟
That's blazing fast. I admire your persistence in learning it. I don't think I have the patience.
you nailed it! 👏👏👏
So good!!
That LP is beautiful...🎸🤩
That classic black Custom is awesome!
Slash is a FORCE but still melodic. A monster in his prime.
This is gold to me 👏👏👏
After this i had to subscribe,do you have any list on your channel with Slash stuff only?
Thank you 🤘