Quite possibly one of the best ever recorded live guitar performances in any genre. I have watched this many times and every time totally blown away that it’s even possible to play like this. But beyond the technical virtuosity he is playing music with deep meaning, rich in culture and passion. We use the word virtuoso a lot nowadays but it really does need to be reserved for great artists like Paco who transcend the technicality of an instrument to produce great art. Just sublime on every level.
Oh my, I guess a year after making this comment you will have come across even better performances. Have you watched the documentary, La Busqueda? His musical soulmate, the great Cameron de la Isla is also featured.
"Quite possibly one of the best ever recorded live guitar performances in any genre" 2024 March, it's the first time I see it and I was thinking precisely the same thing! 🤗 ok, we would have to know what the master thought, but knowing him a little, he would surely think that he could do it better... 🙃😊
I play guitar since 1992, flamenco since 1998, and I tell you... playing like that is ... imposible. First is a very difficult bulería, you need to master a bunch of flamenco tecniques, the compas, the speed, ... this level is a genius level.
But this is not what made him the best guitarist. It's all the hours of practice instead of school and homework. Musicians' night life is the reason for girls and drugs which probably cut his life shorter than if he took more care of himself.
@@ConcedoNulli it is what it is, it's a bulerias ...it's a genre in flamenco. Has its own swing just like jazz and a lot of the charm is about the rhythm and percussion and the fast tempo which is normal for this genre, there are other stuff of his more melodious if mad virtuosity is not your thing. Started hearing this type of music about 20 years ago and it made almost no sense to me cause of the "weird" rhythm, it's not 4/4 like regular music and it's not waltz either. Once your ear gets around this and you can see hear how it repeats, becomes much more enjoyable. If you listen other flamenco genres like tangos, or rumba or fandangos which have a more conventional rhythm I think you would find it more bearable. Not very surprising traditional music makes no sense if it's not your tradition the first time you hear it, but if you grow up hearing it it's different. I wonder how was for people to listen to blues for the first time, pretty sure it took a while to "get it"
what nonsense my man. Thats freaking BBC four, very few people cared about this back in 76 as well. Just as little as people care today about great flamenco guitarists. But its not that you never see virtuoso players on TV. You see them quite frequently for other instruments like piano or violin in big concert-evenings on TV, even on the main channels. There's better music out there than ever, just eat less of those memberberries and keep your eyes open for the good stuff.
O melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos! Aqui não há efeitos ou pick ups para prolongar o som das notas. Isto é o verdadeiro talento... this is Paco de Lucia
@@user-mv7in Sabicas, Paco Cepero, Moraito Chico... there's a lot of Flamenco players that are just outstanding, for me the best are Sabicas, Niño Miguel and Paco de Lucia
Absolutely incredible. I am so fortunate around 2003 I saw him live at Bass Hall in Fort Worth TX. I simply did not know what I was witnessing. I wasn’t familiar with Flemenco music at that time as I was in college. Paco is and forever will be the best guitar player ever to walk this earth.
Ver esta actuación en plena época del rock sinfónico, cuando muchos músicos hacían discos tan grandilocuentes y con unas pretensiones muy por encima de sus aptitudes musicales, debió de ser bastante depresivo. Qué cura de humildad.
Que hermoso arte el que posee España en este género musical, Paco de Lucia, Paco Peña, Sabicas, el Niño Miguel, Rafael Riqueni, Manolo Sanlucar, Tomatito, Manolo Franco, Pepe Habicuela, el Niño Ricardo... en fin un montón de grandes guitarristas, y pensar que la guitarra es solo una parte de todo lo que encierra el flamenco. Que orgullosos se deben sentir los españoles de esta creación
Ha muchos españoles la guitarra es una manera de expresarnos con los demás y también nos produce una sensación de paz que es indescriptible saludos desde España
You fui en un tour en Espana. El muchacho dijo que no los consideraba parte de la cultura Espanola, sino giant flamenco. Era un racista ignorante como muchos en Espana. Lastima que el muchacho hablaba Cinco idiomas...la ignorancia no tiene limite. Paco es lo mejor!!!
@@jaimecueva121 El tema es interesante. El flamenco desde luego no es una creación española, es producto de la evolución de músicas de origen gitano (desde su peregrinación desde la zona de la India, pasando por todo oriente medio y europa), y de su fusión con otras culturas musicales. En particular, con la música árabe que trajeron los musulmanes a la península, aunque también con otras como la fenicia o la cartaginesa (casi todo esto en la mitad sur de la península). Como siempre, la cultura no tiene dueño. Quien la sienta, la disfrute y/o la avance es parte de ella, y muchos españoles se sienten identificados con el flamenco. Sin embargo, es innegable que el principal motor del flamenco han sido siempre los gitanos, que la han respirado día a día, que lo han escuchao, cantao, tocao y bailao en la calle y en sus casas a diario. El flamenco es parte de la cultura española, pero sobre todo es un pilar de la cultura gitana. Todo esto sin entrar en el tema de cómo los gitanos suelen percibirse en la sociedad española (vagos, delincuentes, mentirosos, etc.), pero cóm se nos hincha el pecho en España al defender aspectos de la cultura que nos han proporcionado los mismos gitanos a los que denostamos.
For a non guitar player this is nice, I supose. For a guitar player this is god doing magic, is imposible to play this piece so perfect, at least for a human.
No other musician has changed and revolutionised their music year after year in this century. Never compromising, always inventing. He is a true musician. A technical god, he never put technicality before musical ideas. He belongs with a handful of musicians and composers in history. No one has touched the guitar like him.
thanks for writing down an intelligent comment, most of the people don't know anything about music, that's deeply true, and Paco can be considered as the mozart of guitar in my opinion
WHile Paco has been my hero since I was a kid, I would argue that many musicians have had a MUCH bigger influence in the 20th century. 1. Stravinsky, 2. Louie Armstrong, 3. George Gerswin 4. Glenn Gould, 5. John Williams 6. Prokofiev 7. Sly Stone 8. James Brown 9. Chuck Berry 10. Elvis 11. The Beatles 12. Jimi Hendrix 13. Janis Joplin 14. The Doors really the list goes on regarding INFLUENCE. Regarding GUITAR, I agree 100%
I was privileged to see him twice. Once in the bullring in Seville in 84. But also 10 years before that in the old theatre in the main square in Córdoba. It was overwhelming as he brought the whole place to a state of frenzy. Duende. I was so lucky.....
j en sais quelque chose cela fait 10 ans que j essaye j ai 50 ans de pratique guitare classique ,c est vrai d une difficulté extrême tous ses morceaux, pour sa rapidité du picado il faudrait jouer 8 h par jour ,sa soeur avait dit toute la journée et tacataca j ai son cd de toute sa Biographie
i was thinking that during the 70s a lot was happening in music in england, black sabbath, punk rock, led zeppelin, etc, etc, etc and Paco de Lucia is above every rock genre, this is god playing a guitar.
La canción es un enganchado, Almoraima, Cepa Andaluza, Punta del Faro, Cepa Andaluza (rengancha otra vez), Almoraima (rengancha), y Tempul. Como si fuera un viaje por sus mejores bulerias. Un craa el Paco!
@@rogerivy2919 some butt-hurt guitarists who have no discipline or emotion let alone have the talent to match a fraction of what PACO plays with his eyes open.
Even his face makes music... the expressions of his face creates a melody that is from another world.. his soul blends with the guitar and they become one piece of art.
His dream was to be a songer but this was impossible for him; solution: his guitar take the place of the songer.... (I hope you understand muy poor english).
Yes! This is the concert that aired on PBS in the United States in 1977. This video is the reason I started playing guitar 35 years ago! By the way, I recently asked Steve Vai if he ever jammed with Paco and he said "I never jammed with Paco as every time I get near him the input jack on my guitar closes up." Haha! Even Steve respects the Master! :)
This is his own composition, something he played and developed over his lifetime. I was lucky enough to get the tickets and I watched him in all the phases of his career and there were no and never will be born more gifted and sofisticated player. First time he was playing with McLaughlin and some highly educated academic player Larry Corriel or something like that, the guy came out to the stage by carrying 3 guitars. McLaughlin tried hard too. Paco brought a simple acoustic guitar and played like he's playing here in the video. People were actually shocked, such a player has never been seen before. I feel truly privileged to be there watching him play. Thank you maestro, thank you for everything ..❤😢
The greatest Flamenco guitarist of all time. There will never be another like him. He reinvented flamenco and many try to play like him. There is some that can play fast but that’s all they do play fast. Every time I’ve seen the maestro live or on video one can see and hear the feeling he puts into every note he played.
Managed to watch him play live several years ago . Lucky me ! Massive talent , extreme virtuosity , extreme musicality and feeling all combined together . Like an angel playing the guitar ....
De Lisboa GRATIDÃO PROFUNDA E INFINITA À DEUS E À PACO DE LUCIA, ELE É FODA CARA REALMENTE SABEDORIA PROFUNDA ELE É O ESPETÁCULO DE DEUS AQUI TOCANDO ELE É O MELHOR E O MAIOR QUE JÁ TIVE O PRIVILÉGIO DE OUVIR SIMPLESMENTE ESPETACULAR ESPÍRITO TOTALMENTE ILUMINADO 👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍🤩💚🎁🎁💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Absolutely stunning performance. I hear a lot of blues in the music and references to classical music as well, but the virtuoso level of Paco is simply beyond normality
They are so many great players out there, but there isn't none like Paco! A gift to this world 🌍 even if I can play the guitar to some extent but I can assure you that playing stuff like this is something unmatchable and unbelievable at the same time!
I had the privilege to see him in a concert in Galicia in 2006 in second line in the "Opera Palace" in La Coruña. While he was performing Entre dos aguas we were seeing each other for a few moments, I supose my face was like "I cant belive it!" . My God in that years I was obsesed studing and playing Paco while I use to play electric too. He was so so great for me. He is the best.
I think anyone who has touched a guitar and more or less knows how to play it wouldn't second guess the fact that this man is the undisputed numero uno.
Desde que naci, te he escuchado en casa, Maestro, y creo que es la perdida mas dolorosa que he sufrido de alguien que no conocia en persona, pero si en alma. Descansa en paz, alli donde estes, que supongo que sera en el olimpo de los genios, porque no cabe otro calificativo para tu arte!
Paco ... gracias ... donde sea que estés ... en el cielo seguro .. tocándole feliz a dios tu guitarra seguro ... tu vida es un honor para el arte, El sonido, los conciertos y las grabaciones de Paco rinden homenaje a su padre, un hombre excepcionalmente visionario y verdaderamente revolucionario, que con tanto amor hizo de Paco un artista único y genial, similar a otros padres como Mozart, Beethoven ... La magia y el duende de paco provino de estudios autodidactas intensivos... su padre obligándole a ejecutar escalas y escalas... y tocar para comer... todo es gestar y luego parir dice Rilke,,, esos años de estudio durísimo le hicieron quien es... y su padre fue crucial... fue su voluntad... vivan los padres de los genios...la mitad del mérito es de ellos. Tiene la mezcla más difícil de todas, virtud y virtuosismo, es un poeta del instrumento. Paco no es solo un artista del más alto calibre, disciplina y musicalidad, sino el arquetipo del artista moderno, el maestro aislado y valiente, que encuentra su propio camino hacia nuevas alturas de expresión, sin importar los prejuicios o las barreras de incomprensión levantadas en su contra. Se encuentra solo al comienzo de una nueva época como un profeta, trazando los caminos que tomara el arte. El sonido catártico y místico de Paco, se ocupa por los últimos misterios que trascienden en este mundo. Su arte grandioso, colosal y majestuoso, simboliza la lucha del alma humana por encontrar la liberación de las ataduras de su cuerpo material. Su música exquisita y abrumadora continúa resonando durante toda el recital y más allá, por lo que la acción es a la vez momentánea, eterna y completa. Las interpretaciones de Paco son indescriptiblemente bellas e irresistibles. Su sonido es pura poesía y extremadamente emocional, pero sin sentimentalismos. Nos hipnotiza su nueva y radical naturalidad, su nobleza, dignidad, severidad y sobriedad; transportándonos a estados de asombro, éxtasis, meditación, amor y compasión. - Sonido y Silencio, Vida y Muerte, Tiempo y Espacio; colapsan en el momento Eterno del Infinitud. - Está al nivel de los mejores músicos interpretes de la historia como Maria Callas, Vladimir Horowitz, Ivo Pogorelich ... Paco podría haber haber coincidido con estos consejos del gran pianista Ivo Pogorelich... "Lucha y encuentra la sustancia, luego ve a las esferas superiores. La música te lleva a otro universo de eternidad que permanece contigo una vez finalizado el concierto. Lucha por conseguir calidad, profundiza ... encuentra el origen del sonido. La técnica no es solo ir rápida y lento ... es el sonido, el sonido largo, la paleta de colores, es entrar en un espacio de mundos diferentes, alcanzando la diversidad de los sonidos. Rachmaninov tenía artritis al final de su vida, estaba tan débil que su sonido era muy corto, por eso tocaba rápido, para llenar el vacío. Si tienes un sonido largo estás al mando y puedes lograr la claridad y el sonido hipnótico entre las notas. El problema siempre fue el conflicto y la diferencia entre la calidad absoluta y la relativa. La belleza en la música es como en los diamantes, el diamante más puro del mundo es el Koh-i-Noor, es la belleza absoluta con la que se comparan otros con relativa belleza. La mayoría de la música que pude escuchar fue solo un acto circense, ostentoso... de piezas virtuosas para pianistas jóvenes e inmaduros, fueron solo pruebas de destreza mecánica manual, no arte. Hay que adentrarse en el estado de ánimo psicológico en el que los compositores escribieron sus obras para descubrir sus secretos. Trabaja tan duro como un esclavo de galeras. No practico ejercicios. Cuando practico una pieza, hago algunas variaciones de ella, inventando mis propios ejercicios para ayudar en ese lugar particular preciso que necesito mejorar. La técnica es el arte de la variedad, el arte de saber cómo ajustar la mano a un grupo particular de notas para producir un sonido particular que se ajuste a las expectativas particulares del oído. El sonido se vuelve metafísico solo cuando se ha explorado completamente todas las posibilidades físicas. Deberías explorar hasta llegar al absurdo. Siempre se debe intentar en la medida de lo posible redescubrir la música como si la estuvieras escuchando por primera vez, buscando por todas partes nuevos significados y nuevas profundidades. La función más alta del artista es liberar la espiritualidad y la inmediatez emocional que se encuentran dentro de la partitura. Estar constantemente involucrado en la investigación, no solo miro las cosas como aparecen, sino que también trato de encontrar los laberintos, los secretos de la música. Una composición solo se puede interpretar bien si es completamente tuya, no solo cada nota de la memoria, sino que las notas se han convertido en ti y tu te has convertido en las notas. Nada pasa por casualidad. Llámalo una fuerza que algunas personas piensan que controla lo que sucede en el futuro, y está fuera del control humano, llámalo preordenación, pero a veces sucede. Después de todo, el elemento humano trae la felicidad total ". Ivo Pogorelich. Para ser grande, sé entero: nadaTuyo exageres o excluyas. Sé todo en cada cosa. Pon cuanto eres En lo mínimo que hagas, Por eso la luna brilla toda En cada lago, porque alta vive. Fernando Pessoa
This could possibly be the greatest bulerias ever written and performed, free flowing and exhuberant and yet so wonderfully structured, abundant with enchanting melodic passages.
I was fortunate to hear Paco at his peak years - 1978 or 1979 ... 40 years later, I still have goosebumps remembering his performance... one of strongest artistic impressions of my whole life... Paco estan un Dios de guitarra!
It is just magnificent, marvellous, exquisite, I couldn't find that many words to describe him... Simply the best of all time, genious and yet so humble. Viva siempre Paco maestro!!!
You just never tire of listening to it, and every time you listen to any of his recordings you realise that even after his sad passing away, he plays better every day.
Absolutely incredible. Virtuoso without being indulgent. I've played for 20 years. I know the scale he's playing in, it's not complex. And yet the timing, the choices, the percussive right hand elements, the tremelo flourishes. I imagine it's how a competent sax player feels watching Coltrane. This guy is on another level.
Thanks BBC for these rare and fabulous camera close ups. And thanks for posting this wonderful recording. I will never miss "Great Guitar heroes at the BBC" again until i have this one saved on HD in HQ+
I saw Paco perform twice. Once with Al De Mola and John Mclaughin and once with his dance troop. What has always stuck me about Paco is how relaxed and connected to the instrument he was, it was like an extension of his body.
Genio entre los genios ... Ya estás en tu Algeciras a la q tanto evocabas en tus discos la que llevabas tanto en tu alma .. Te amamos todos tus paisanos , los algecireños !
Paco esprime tutto dei brevi giorni d’amore e dell’attaccamento alla vita, che la polvere dell’oblio ci ruba lentamente, ora siedo in silenzio ad ascoltare la memoria della sua grande chitarra. Paco expresa todos los cortos días de amor y apego a la vida, que el polvo del olvido nos roba lentamente, ahora me siento en silencio escuchando el recuerdo de su gran guitarra.
incredible! still is the Greatest... straight unadulterated honest playing, pure skill.. no auto tuning, reverb or signal processing like everybody uses on here, thats how it should be done. thank you Paco De Lucia.
Every other form of guitar that’s ever been played in the last 100 years or more becomes instantaneously insignificant after listening to this man play.........
Nadie puede tocar como él el flamenco moderno. Superó a sus predecesores Sabicas y Niño Ricardo y se erigió como el mejor de sus contemporáneos. Y se ve sólo por su toque, que está cargado del verdadero sentimiento flamenco andaluz.
I can only imagine that the 354 people who pressed the DISLIKE button don't like music, people, or life. Let us pray for them. This performance is pure genius, but it is special kind of music in a special musical language. If you do not speak this language you cannot fully appreciate its expressivity. This is perfect combination of technique and taste. If you are a guitar player you know what I mean.
He will live in our ears and hearts. Great in flamenco, classic, jazz. His re-lecture of Falla and Villalobos is legendary. His incursions in risky territory, with Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and of course John McLaughlin and Al di Meola are also the stuff of myths. And as Portuguese I cannot forget his Lusophone ancestry (from beautiful Castro Marim, in Algarve).
Paco de Lucia the greates..! He never went to the conservatory of music at 10 years of age he learned to play guitar by ear. He left school and that frustration later on pushed him to play like did. Paco said the guitarist doesn't make speak the guitar. Is the guitar that pulls out the soul of the guitarist. 😊🎉
nunca hubo uno que uniera en si la sabiduría de la fuente con el peso de modernidad con la profundida con la que lo hiciera Paco. Expresión máxima y saber total. Aparte: que filmación mas hermosa! de lo mejor que he visto en cualquier transmision de guitarra solista. (Hay una de yamandu costa en una pelicula de kaursimäkki creo, que se aproxima.)
Quite possibly one of the best ever recorded live guitar performances in any genre. I have watched this many times and every time totally blown away that it’s even possible to play like this. But beyond the technical virtuosity he is playing music with deep meaning, rich in culture and passion. We use the word virtuoso a lot nowadays but it really does need to be reserved for great artists like Paco who transcend the technicality of an instrument to produce great art. Just sublime on every level.
Where are you from
Oh my, I guess a year after making this comment you will have come across even better performances. Have you watched the documentary, La Busqueda? His musical soulmate, the great Cameron de la Isla is also featured.
The camera work was lousy.
@michaelmckinney7240 that's how flamenco works..
"Quite possibly one of the best ever recorded live guitar performances in any genre" 2024 March, it's the first time I see it and I was thinking precisely the same thing! 🤗
ok, we would have to know what the master thought, but knowing him a little, he would surely think that he could do it better... 🙃😊
I play guitar since 1992, flamenco since 1998, and I tell you... playing like that is ... imposible. First is a very difficult bulería, you need to master a bunch of flamenco tecniques, the compas, the speed, ... this level is a genius level.
Practice more!
No drugs no girls no drama no stupid outfit or makeup just pure talent. He translated centuries of culture by his fingers.
No drugs, no girls, este extranjero no tiene ni idea de lo que es paco de Lucia
he did use marijuana im pretty sure
Paco de Lucia loved weed
But this is not what made him the best guitarist. It's all the hours of practice instead of school and homework. Musicians' night life is the reason for girls and drugs which probably cut his life shorter than if he took more care of himself.
Well he did smoke two packs of cigarette each day and had five children.
Could you imagine anything of this quality, culture, and significance being broadcast to the public these days? Times really have changed.
Most apt observation.
Works of art are broadcast all the time. Miley Cyrus' "eat my stinky poosy" comes to mind
@@ConcedoNulli it is what it is, it's a bulerias ...it's a genre in flamenco. Has its own swing just like jazz and a lot of the charm is about the rhythm and percussion and the fast tempo which is normal for this genre, there are other stuff of his more melodious if mad virtuosity is not your thing. Started hearing this type of music about 20 years ago and it made almost no sense to me cause of the "weird" rhythm, it's not 4/4 like regular music and it's not waltz either. Once your ear gets around this and you can see hear how it repeats, becomes much more enjoyable. If you listen other flamenco genres like tangos, or rumba or fandangos which have a more conventional rhythm I think you would find it more bearable. Not very surprising traditional music makes no sense if it's not your tradition the first time you hear it, but if you grow up hearing it it's different. I wonder how was for people to listen to blues for the first time, pretty sure it took a while to "get it"
¡Han cambiado para peor!. ¿Será cierto que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor?. ¡En música, así parece!.
what nonsense my man. Thats freaking BBC four, very few people cared about this back in 76 as well. Just as little as people care today about great flamenco guitarists. But its not that you never see virtuoso players on TV. You see them quite frequently for other instruments like piano or violin in big concert-evenings on TV, even on the main channels.
There's better music out there than ever, just eat less of those memberberries and keep your eyes open for the good stuff.
O melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos! Aqui não há efeitos ou pick ups para prolongar o som das notas. Isto é o verdadeiro talento... this is Paco de Lucia
А Ниньо Мигель?
@@user-mv7in Sabicas, Paco Cepero, Moraito Chico... there's a lot of Flamenco players that are just outstanding, for me the best are Sabicas, Niño Miguel and Paco de Lucia
I've watched this video a thousand times now. Absolutely stunning 😮
Absolutely incredible. I am so fortunate around 2003 I saw him live at Bass Hall in Fort Worth TX. I simply did not know what I was witnessing. I wasn’t familiar with Flemenco music at that time as I was in college. Paco is and forever will be the best guitar player ever to walk this earth.
Ver esta actuación en plena época del rock sinfónico, cuando muchos músicos hacían discos tan grandilocuentes y con unas pretensiones muy por encima de sus aptitudes musicales, debió de ser bastante depresivo. Qué cura de humildad.
Depresivo?, todo lo contrario hermano, inspirador.
La musica no es una competencia
Que hermoso arte el que posee España en este género musical, Paco de Lucia, Paco Peña, Sabicas, el Niño Miguel, Rafael Riqueni, Manolo Sanlucar, Tomatito, Manolo Franco, Pepe Habicuela, el Niño Ricardo... en fin un montón de grandes guitarristas, y pensar que la guitarra es solo una parte de todo lo que encierra el flamenco. Que orgullosos se deben sentir los españoles de esta creación
Ha muchos españoles la guitarra es una manera de expresarnos con los demás y también nos produce una sensación de paz que es indescriptible saludos desde España
You fui en un tour en Espana. El muchacho dijo que no los consideraba parte de la cultura Espanola, sino giant flamenco. Era un racista ignorante como muchos en Espana. Lastima que el muchacho hablaba Cinco idiomas...la ignorancia no tiene limite. Paco es lo mejor!!!
Las multiples texturas de la musica flamenca....manitas de plata,etc. Lo massimo.!!!
Ты забыл самого величайшего Ниньо Мигеля
@@jaimecueva121 El tema es interesante. El flamenco desde luego no es una creación española, es producto de la evolución de músicas de origen gitano (desde su peregrinación desde la zona de la India, pasando por todo oriente medio y europa), y de su fusión con otras culturas musicales. En particular, con la música árabe que trajeron los musulmanes a la península, aunque también con otras como la fenicia o la cartaginesa (casi todo esto en la mitad sur de la península).
Como siempre, la cultura no tiene dueño. Quien la sienta, la disfrute y/o la avance es parte de ella, y muchos españoles se sienten identificados con el flamenco. Sin embargo, es innegable que el principal motor del flamenco han sido siempre los gitanos, que la han respirado día a día, que lo han escuchao, cantao, tocao y bailao en la calle y en sus casas a diario.
El flamenco es parte de la cultura española, pero sobre todo es un pilar de la cultura gitana.
Todo esto sin entrar en el tema de cómo los gitanos suelen percibirse en la sociedad española (vagos, delincuentes, mentirosos, etc.), pero cóm se nos hincha el pecho en España al defender aspectos de la cultura que nos han proporcionado los mismos gitanos a los que denostamos.
For a non guitar player this is nice, I supose. For a guitar player this is god doing magic, is imposible to play this piece so perfect, at least for a human.
Go watch Grisha Gorayev doing this piece you will be amazed by how far human beings can go if they really want to(:
@@zemach4422 I saw Grisha's video first and then wanted to see if the original still held up to its name 😉😂
There is similar story... manolo sanlucar say: paco its nice for people who dont know music, and makes crazy they whom know about music
@@zemach4422 this might actually be one of the few pieces Grisha managed to play on Paco's level. But generally Paco was mountains above Grisha.
Completely agree.
No other musician has changed and revolutionised their music year after year in this century. Never compromising, always inventing. He is a true musician. A technical god, he never put technicality before musical ideas. He belongs with a handful of musicians and composers in history. No one has touched the guitar like him.
thanks for writing down an intelligent comment, most of the people don't know anything about music, that's deeply true, and Paco can be considered as the mozart of guitar in my opinion
+Tony Gazza Nah, better than Mozart.
+aretium1231 , yes I agree with you, Paco De Lucia music is like foods to my ear
+aretium1231 , yes I agree with you, Paco De Lucia music is like foods to my ear
WHile Paco has been my hero since I was a kid, I would argue that many musicians have had a MUCH bigger influence in the 20th century. 1. Stravinsky, 2. Louie Armstrong, 3. George Gerswin 4. Glenn Gould, 5. John Williams 6. Prokofiev 7. Sly Stone 8. James Brown 9. Chuck Berry 10. Elvis 11. The Beatles 12. Jimi Hendrix 13. Janis Joplin 14. The Doors really the list goes on regarding INFLUENCE. Regarding GUITAR, I agree 100%
I was privileged to see him twice. Once in the bullring in Seville in 84. But also 10 years before that in the old theatre in the main square in Córdoba. It was overwhelming as he brought the whole place to a state of frenzy. Duende. I was so lucky.....
The greatest guitarist of all time
patrick connors With out a doubt! Number one!
patrick connors I can't agree more. Sure, others are great, but they pale in comparison.
He said himself that he wasn’t as good as Dimeola.
Jose Garcia Very true. I only just started watching him but noticed that right away.
Segovia
This is about 10 times more difficult than any Malmsteen,Vai,Satriani,you name it song.Paco is the greatest virtuoso that ever walked on earth.
Amazing
Oranges and apples.
j en sais quelque chose cela fait 10 ans que j essaye j ai 50 ans de pratique guitare classique ,c est vrai d une difficulté extrême tous ses morceaux, pour sa rapidité du picado il faudrait jouer 8 h par jour ,sa soeur avait dit toute la journée et tacataca j ai son cd de toute sa Biographie
Damn right. I grew up with his music and was lucky enough to see him live. Real genius!
We don't care of the difficulty, if you talk about virtuosity man ! We just need to feel it, that's it !
Que orgullo para mi país es este hombre, Dios te tenga en su gloria artista! 🇪🇦🙏♥️
Si el Diablo hace un duelo de guitarra contra Paco yo le pongo mis fichas a Paco.
i was thinking that during the 70s a lot was happening in music in england, black sabbath, punk rock, led zeppelin, etc, etc, etc and Paco de Lucia is above every rock genre, this is god playing a guitar.
100 percent. Glad im not the only one that thinks so
Without a doubt!!! The maximum exponent ever!
Best flamenco guitar in History. Unforgettable Paco. Greetings from Spain.
La canción es un enganchado, Almoraima, Cepa Andaluza, Punta del Faro, Cepa Andaluza (rengancha otra vez), Almoraima (rengancha), y Tempul. Como si fuera un viaje por sus mejores bulerias. Un craa el Paco!
UA-cam should remove dislike button for some videos. It is disrespectful....
A maestro deserves our love, reverence and respect
Your is a great idea. I cannot believe that 366 people did not like this genius. Very disrespectful! They should not be allowed to do that!
its probably some guitarists
They actually did it
@@rogerivy2919 some butt-hurt guitarists who have no discipline or emotion let alone have the talent to match a fraction of what PACO plays with his eyes open.
careful what you wish for
OLEEE PACO!! ESPAÑA TE AMA, ORGULLO DE SER ESPAÑOL! OLE TU ARTE Y VIVA EL FLAMENCO!!
El cielo es más cielo con Paco.
😍
@@danielcasasorozco2978 pero la tierra, menos tierra.
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Musica del infierno al diablo se biene
I am glad that I saw him face to face in his concert in London.
What an amazing guitarist he was and still no one can compete. R.I.P
Competing in Music is for noobs.
This is beautiful ! I love this music, Bravo 👏🏼
Even his face makes music... the expressions of his face creates a melody that is from another world.. his soul blends with the guitar and they become one piece of art.
What can I say after U!?
His dream was to be a songer but this was impossible for him; solution: his guitar take the place of the songer.... (I hope you understand muy poor english).
ror sara i agree with you
I read an obituary which said something like he was poised like a majestic horseman when he played.
Like a good wine, it reveals itself with different layers of complexity. Just awesome!
Yes!
This is the concert that aired on PBS in the United States in 1977.
This video is the reason I started playing guitar 35 years ago!
By the way, I recently asked Steve Vai if he ever jammed with Paco and he said "I never jammed with Paco as every time I get near him the input jack on my guitar closes up."
Haha! Even Steve respects the Master! :)
You really talked to vai?
@@digletttexano678 I am really sure she has...
Even “Slowhand” Eric Clapton stated Paco was the best guitarist of all time.
This is his own composition, something he played and developed over his lifetime. I was lucky enough to get the tickets and I watched him in all the phases of his career and there were no and never will be born more gifted and sofisticated player. First time he was playing with McLaughlin and some highly educated academic player Larry Corriel or something like that, the guy came out to the stage by carrying 3 guitars. McLaughlin tried hard too. Paco brought a simple acoustic guitar and played like he's playing here in the video. People were actually shocked, such a player has never been seen before. I feel truly privileged to be there watching him play.
Thank you maestro, thank you for everything ..❤😢
...creo que empezaré a tocar el triángulo.
...dónde dan clases? Reservame una beca
Yo igual, te lo garantizo
El triángulo eléctrico de cosmo
Respet triángulo
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I'm blown away. Spanish guitar is unlike anything else. So beautiful, elegant and unique
Buckethead is a Spanish guitarist, he just born in the wrong place.
Sin Paco, el mundo hubiese pasado de lado por el flamenco, Maestro de Maestros!
The greatest Flamenco guitarist of all time. There will never be another like him. He reinvented flamenco and many try to play like him. There is some that can play fast but that’s all they do play fast. Every time I’ve seen the maestro live or on video one can see and hear the feeling he puts into every note he played.
Let’s say a prayer to whoever blessed this person with this talent which no one of us can even scratch the top surface of it
Managed to watch him play live several years ago . Lucky me ! Massive talent , extreme virtuosity , extreme musicality and feeling all combined together . Like an angel playing the guitar ....
De Lisboa GRATIDÃO PROFUNDA E INFINITA À DEUS E À PACO DE LUCIA, ELE É FODA CARA REALMENTE SABEDORIA PROFUNDA ELE É O ESPETÁCULO DE DEUS AQUI TOCANDO ELE É O MELHOR E O MAIOR QUE JÁ TIVE O PRIVILÉGIO DE OUVIR SIMPLESMENTE ESPETACULAR ESPÍRITO TOTALMENTE ILUMINADO 👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍🤩💚🎁🎁💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Paco's playing speaks to me and it says, "I love music!". Well played, Paco. You are missed. I love music too.
Eres inmortal Paco, de aca a 100 años te seguirán escuchando, amando y rindiéndote culto.
Absolutely stunning performance. I hear a lot of blues in the music and references to classical music as well, but the virtuoso level of Paco is simply beyond normality
Spanish guitar and flamenco's soul..thanks God we're iberians.
@@eddielouvers4882 spanish
More like you hear a lot of Spanish in blues
They are so many great players out there, but there isn't none like Paco! A gift to this world 🌍 even if I can play the guitar to some extent but I can assure you that playing stuff like this is something unmatchable and unbelievable at the same time!
Que Dios te tenga en su Gloria Maestro . Nunca te agradeceré bastante to lo que creaste.
¡ Que grande !
Ridiculously talented. And he made it all so effortless.
Rip Paco de Lucia! Thank you for all that wonderful music!
What a beautiful technique and beautiful playing. Unsurpassable!!!
I had the privilege to see him in a concert in Galicia in 2006 in second line in the "Opera Palace" in La Coruña. While he was performing Entre dos aguas we were seeing each other for a few moments, I supose my face was like "I cant belive it!" . My God in that years I was obsesed studing and playing Paco while I use to play electric too. He was so so great for me. He is the best.
I think anyone who has touched a guitar and more or less knows how to play it wouldn't second guess the fact that this man is the undisputed numero uno.
He's not. Django Reinhardt is number 1.
@@splorticussuii3303 cmon...
@@brandonh.441 Huh? You agree?
@@splorticussuii3303 No
@@brandonh.441 Well, sorry, but I'm right.
This is my favourite piece of art of all time.
Desde que naci, te he escuchado en casa, Maestro, y creo que es la perdida mas dolorosa que he sufrido de alguien que no conocia en persona, pero si en alma.
Descansa en paz, alli donde estes, que supongo que sera en el olimpo de los genios, porque no cabe otro calificativo para tu arte!
Paco ... gracias ... donde sea que estés ... en el cielo seguro .. tocándole feliz a dios tu guitarra seguro ...
tu vida es un honor para el arte,
El sonido, los conciertos y las grabaciones de Paco rinden homenaje a su padre, un hombre excepcionalmente visionario y verdaderamente revolucionario, que con tanto amor hizo de Paco un artista único y genial, similar a otros padres como Mozart, Beethoven ...
La magia y el duende de paco provino de estudios autodidactas intensivos... su padre obligándole a ejecutar escalas y escalas... y tocar para comer...
todo es gestar y luego parir dice Rilke,,, esos años de estudio durísimo le hicieron quien es... y su padre fue crucial... fue su voluntad... vivan los padres de los genios...la mitad del mérito es de ellos.
Tiene la mezcla más difícil de todas, virtud y virtuosismo, es un poeta del instrumento.
Paco no es solo un artista del más alto calibre, disciplina y musicalidad, sino el arquetipo del artista moderno, el maestro aislado y valiente, que encuentra su propio camino hacia nuevas alturas de expresión, sin importar los prejuicios o las barreras de incomprensión levantadas en su contra. Se encuentra solo al comienzo de una nueva época como un profeta, trazando los caminos que tomara el arte.
El sonido catártico y místico de Paco, se ocupa por los últimos misterios que trascienden en este mundo. Su arte grandioso, colosal y majestuoso, simboliza la lucha del alma humana por encontrar la liberación de las ataduras de su cuerpo material. Su música exquisita y abrumadora continúa resonando durante toda el recital y más allá, por lo que la acción es a la vez momentánea, eterna y completa.
Las interpretaciones de Paco son indescriptiblemente bellas e irresistibles. Su sonido es pura poesía y extremadamente emocional, pero sin sentimentalismos. Nos hipnotiza su nueva y radical naturalidad, su nobleza, dignidad, severidad y sobriedad; transportándonos a estados de asombro, éxtasis, meditación, amor y compasión.
- Sonido y Silencio, Vida y Muerte, Tiempo y Espacio; colapsan en el momento Eterno del Infinitud. -
Está al nivel de los mejores músicos interpretes de la historia como Maria Callas, Vladimir Horowitz, Ivo Pogorelich ...
Paco podría haber haber coincidido con estos consejos del gran pianista Ivo Pogorelich...
"Lucha y encuentra la sustancia, luego ve a las esferas superiores.
La música te lleva a otro universo de eternidad que permanece contigo una vez finalizado el concierto.
Lucha por conseguir calidad, profundiza ... encuentra el origen del sonido.
La técnica no es solo ir rápida y lento ... es el sonido, el sonido largo, la paleta de colores, es entrar en un espacio de mundos diferentes, alcanzando la diversidad de los sonidos.
Rachmaninov tenía artritis al final de su vida, estaba tan débil que su sonido era muy corto, por eso tocaba rápido, para llenar el vacío.
Si tienes un sonido largo estás al mando y puedes lograr la claridad y el sonido hipnótico entre las notas.
El problema siempre fue el conflicto y la diferencia entre la calidad absoluta y la relativa.
La belleza en la música es como en los diamantes, el diamante más puro del mundo es el Koh-i-Noor, es la belleza absoluta con la que se comparan otros con relativa belleza.
La mayoría de la música que pude escuchar fue solo un acto circense, ostentoso... de piezas virtuosas para pianistas jóvenes e inmaduros, fueron solo pruebas de destreza mecánica manual, no arte.
Hay que adentrarse en el estado de ánimo psicológico en el que los compositores escribieron sus obras para descubrir sus secretos.
Trabaja tan duro como un esclavo de galeras.
No practico ejercicios.
Cuando practico una pieza, hago algunas variaciones de ella, inventando mis propios ejercicios para ayudar en ese lugar particular preciso que necesito mejorar.
La técnica es el arte de la variedad, el arte de saber cómo ajustar la mano a un grupo particular de notas para producir un sonido particular que se ajuste a las expectativas particulares del oído.
El sonido se vuelve metafísico solo cuando se ha explorado completamente todas las posibilidades físicas. Deberías explorar hasta llegar al absurdo.
Siempre se debe intentar en la medida de lo posible redescubrir la música como si la estuvieras escuchando por primera vez, buscando por todas partes nuevos significados y nuevas profundidades.
La función más alta del artista es liberar la espiritualidad y la inmediatez emocional que se encuentran dentro de la partitura.
Estar constantemente involucrado en la investigación, no solo miro las cosas como aparecen, sino que también trato de encontrar los laberintos, los secretos de la música.
Una composición solo se puede interpretar bien si es completamente tuya, no solo cada nota de la memoria, sino que las notas se han convertido en ti y tu te has convertido en las notas.
Nada pasa por casualidad. Llámalo una fuerza que algunas personas piensan que controla lo que sucede en el futuro, y está fuera del control humano, llámalo preordenación, pero a veces sucede.
Después de todo, el elemento humano trae la felicidad total ".
Ivo Pogorelich.
Para ser grande, sé entero:
nadaTuyo exageres o excluyas.
Sé todo en cada cosa.
Pon cuanto eres
En lo mínimo que hagas,
Por eso la luna brilla toda
En cada lago,
porque alta vive.
Fernando Pessoa
I must be very lucky to see and listen this perfect musician,
to me Paco De Lucia is the greatest guitarist ever
Quién no ha visto una vez en su vida a Paco de Lucia tocar no podrá decir que ha visto a los más grandes guitarristas de la historia.😊🇪🇸
Nothing can be compare to his hands when he plays and when he makes us feel his music in our souls... He's a legend.
The master of Masters, greatest guitarist ever! Thank you Paco for all your music, VIVA PACO POR SIEMPRE!!!
Really sad to hear of Paco's passing. He was the greatest flamenco player I have ever heard. His music and his legend will live on forever.
+Phil Taylor true that man !
El Unico, Grande Paco. Ambassador de Flamenco en el Mundo. Puro Fuego, Pura Alma. Impeccabile Maestro! Your fingers look like dancing flamenco too...
this may be the greatest solo guitar performance of all time... wondrous
This could possibly be the greatest bulerias ever written and performed, free flowing and exhuberant and yet so wonderfully structured, abundant with enchanting melodic passages.
This is pure talent. To paco, playing the flamenco Spanish guitar is like breathing. This is pure talent. I wish I would have heard him live.
I was fortunate to hear Paco at his peak years - 1978 or 1979 ... 40 years later, I still have goosebumps remembering his performance... one of strongest artistic impressions of my whole life... Paco estan un Dios de guitarra!
It is just magnificent, marvellous, exquisite, I couldn't find that many words to describe him... Simply the best of all time, genious and yet so humble. Viva siempre Paco maestro!!!
el mejor guitarrista de flamenco no hay ni lo habrá otro como lo fue paco de lucia el maestros de maestros, k en paz descanse.
El mejor guitarista de siempre de flamenco. No habrá otro en este mundo.
Después de que te fuiste, no creo que la música tenga el mismo sabor que tenía en tus manos Paco de Lucia Adiós a la música después de ti🌏
You just never tire of listening to it, and every time you listen to any of his recordings you realise that even after his sad passing away, he plays better every day.
That's just bloody incredible.
Absolutely incredible. Virtuoso without being indulgent. I've played for 20 years. I know the scale he's playing in, it's not complex. And yet the timing, the choices, the percussive right hand elements, the tremelo flourishes. I imagine it's how a competent sax player feels watching Coltrane. This guy is on another level.
Es de otra dimensión El Gran Maestro de la Guitarra 🎸 Flamenca Don Paco de Lucia. Y Viva España saludos cordiales para Alicante
In one lifetime you might be lucky enough to witness such a player. We have been lucky.
No words can describe the most phenomenal guitarist of all time ..? Rest in peace.
Thanks BBC for these rare and fabulous camera close ups. And thanks for posting this wonderful recording. I will never miss "Great Guitar heroes at the BBC" again until i have this one saved on HD in HQ+
I saw Paco perform twice. Once with Al De Mola and John Mclaughin and once with his dance troop. What has always stuck me about Paco is how relaxed and connected to the instrument he was, it was like an extension of his body.
Genio entre los genios ... Ya estás en tu Algeciras a la q tanto evocabas en tus discos la que llevabas tanto en tu alma .. Te amamos todos tus paisanos , los algecireños !
Paco must be among the finest vituosos that have ever lived.
We are fortunate to have such a being among us.
The Greatest of them all...His music will live always..
This Level of Improvisation is huge...
Mountain of respect for paco
The speed the precision and coordination left/ right hands are beyond belief...just magic what humans r capable of....
Paco esprime tutto dei brevi giorni d’amore e dell’attaccamento
alla vita, che la polvere dell’oblio ci ruba lentamente, ora siedo in silenzio
ad ascoltare la memoria della sua grande chitarra.
Paco expresa todos los cortos días de amor y apego a la vida, que el polvo del olvido nos roba lentamente, ahora me siento en silencio escuchando el recuerdo de su gran guitarra.
What a sad day. I grew up with his music,learnt to love music with his guitar. I can't stop the tears. Hasta siempre maestro! :'(
Paco, o maior violonista do universo. Não pertencia a este mundo. Gênio da música.
incredible! still is the Greatest... straight unadulterated honest playing, pure skill.. no auto tuning, reverb or signal processing like everybody uses on here, thats how it should be done. thank you Paco De Lucia.
El mas grande de todos los tiempos! Paco!!!
You can see from his head and body movements he really feel every beat he plays. A true musician with soul❤ r.i.p Paco
Sometimes, I groove on a very jazz feel in his playing. So natural, smooth, rhythmically compelling... I can't really put it into words...
最高です。心に響きます。偉大な方に感謝
PACO...SIMPLEMENTE UN SUPERDOTADO PARA LA GUITARRA FLAMENCA...HONORES A QUIEN HONOR MERECE...MAESTRO
Every other form of guitar that’s ever been played in the last 100 years or more becomes instantaneously insignificant after listening to this man play.........
gibson gibson l nope
Jovanny F : Technically... Yep
simplemente ..el rey del flamenco...rip...nadie como el ...
Paco Universal para los restos... gracias por todas las melodias que nos has regalado
Nadie puede tocar como él el flamenco moderno. Superó a sus predecesores Sabicas y Niño Ricardo y se erigió como el mejor de sus contemporáneos. Y se ve sólo por su toque, que está cargado del verdadero sentimiento flamenco andaluz.
Verdadero?
I can only imagine that the 354 people who pressed the DISLIKE button don't like music, people, or life. Let us pray for them. This performance is pure genius, but it is special kind of music in a special musical language. If you do not speak this language you cannot fully appreciate its expressivity. This is perfect combination of technique and taste. If you are a guitar player you know what I mean.
He will live in our ears and hearts. Great in flamenco, classic, jazz. His re-lecture of Falla and Villalobos is legendary. His incursions in risky territory, with Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and of course John McLaughlin and Al di Meola are also the stuff of myths.
And as Portuguese I cannot forget his Lusophone ancestry (from beautiful Castro Marim, in Algarve).
Absolutely brilliant! I always loved this piece.
buen viaje Paco y gracias por dejarnos tanto arte.. te lloro y te bailo, maestro!
I forget that I'm listening to flamenco when I listen to Paco he transcended his genre.
Sounds like you just find it hard to admit to yourself that you are enjoying a flamenco piece. But its a beautiful genre, enjoy it proudly!
Paco de Lucia the greates..! He never went to the conservatory of music at 10 years of age he learned to play guitar by ear. He left school and that frustration later on pushed him to play like did.
Paco said the guitarist doesn't make speak the guitar. Is the guitar that pulls out the soul of the guitarist. 😊🎉
He was young, imagine when he was sixty. Totally amazing!!
vuelvo cada cierto tiempo a escuchar y ver este video !
nunca hubo uno que uniera en si la sabiduría de la fuente con el peso de modernidad con la profundida con la que lo hiciera Paco. Expresión máxima y saber total.
Aparte: que filmación mas hermosa! de lo mejor que he visto en cualquier transmision de guitarra solista. (Hay una de yamandu costa en una pelicula de kaursimäkki creo, que se aproxima.)
El mejor tocador de guitarra del flamenco paco de lucia 🎸
Unas de las mejores manos y dedos del mundo Bravo Paco.
Proud of this spanish ARTIST. Absolutely insane. GGOAT!