S t e v e Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 "brothers in arms" imo will never be played (and sound right) by anyone else apart from mr knopfler, hell yeah i can play it but...will not sound right thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I guarantee there's a Knopfler fan out there that can nail it. But on topic, I've never been able to get "Celebration Day" anywhere near sounding right, same with "The Grunge". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 I guarantee there's a Knopfler fan out there that can nail it. But on topic, I've never been able to get "Celebration Day" anywhere near sounding right, same with "The Grunge". celebration day? i don't think i know that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRs8adThiko It's off of Led Zeppelin III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Afterlife by Avenged sevenfold. I can play all the notes its just I cant get that feeling. Its almost too automated when I play it. I find it difficult to put soul into a cover song. For example I like Santana. I can play a load of his songs but he jst has this almost fluid sound. To me I would say he has one of the best tones I've ever heard. I just cant play the same way as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 a song? How about a book of songs?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Regretfully I doubt I'll ever be able to play anything by Django Reinhardt - certainly not with any style. I've been listening to him for pretty much as long as I can recall (my dad loved 'Gipsy Jazz' so I was exposed to it and D.R. from childhood) and I've never, ever tried to learn any of his fingering technique. But 'Hope Springs Eternal...' as the saying goes. Perhaps someday. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Flight of the Bumble Bee On the Trombone.... Wouldn't that be great.... V(Cheeks as yet unpuffed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sproggie Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I'll add it to the long list of all the others I can't play Still trying to get the solo of Sweet Home Alabama after how many months ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I've been trying to learn Brian Setzer's version of "Sleepwalk". I've found that it sounds best with my guitar unplugged, and the song loud(with headphones on).. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 About 99.7 percent of anything Segovia played... and then about 99.7 percent of everything else. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Well I've been practicing daily for an upcoming gig and everytime I play "Message in a bottle" my wrist cramps. It may be a no-go. Besides that, any of the super technical stuff take your pick (Eric Johnson, Steve Vai genre). I'm pretty good at nailing a lot of Jimmy Page's stuff but I've been practicing it for 30+ years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 ...You name it, I can't play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjay777 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Too many to count. But there's one in particular a former band tried to get me to learn... Cliffs Of Dover (Eric Johnson). It's just too out of reach for me. I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Black Sapphire made famous by Roy Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 There's a song called "Mediterranean Sundance" by Al Dimiola that I've been trying to play right since I was a teenager. I still can't play it like him, and matter of fact I could actually play it better 25 years ago than I can now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Spanish Fly by Van Halen. anything by yngwie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 There's a few. I've never been a fan of crazy technical guitarists, but most of the time, its because I feel that I can't give it the same essence as the original artist. That's why I play my own stuff You cover guys have a harder job. If I mess up, I can make up some BS and say 'oh well, I played that terrible note for color because that's how I felt when I wrote the song' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm sure there are a lot of songs I'll never be able to play, but I'm only going by ones I've tried. After 20 years of trying and working at it on and off, I just can't get all the way through Zeps "The rain Song" or get anwhere near SRV's Lenny. "Riviera Paradise" I was able to wrangle after just a few years but "Lenny" jus eludes me. The list of songs I "Thought" I'd never be able to play is a lot longer.....but that's a different thread......and a thread like that would require a lot of video proof. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 There's a few. I've never been a fan of crazy technical guitarists, but most of the time, its because I feel that I can't give it the same essence as the original artist. That's why I play my own stuff You cover guys have a harder job. If I mess up, I can make up some BS and say 'oh well, I played that terrible note for color because that's how I felt when I wrote the song' Yeah when I hit a bad not, I hit it again so it doesn't sound like a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Been thinkin' about this one... I believe there are some things that one picker can do that another, equally skilled and talented, cannot do simply because one has certain "stuff" in muscle memory that is different from the other. And ditto the other way around. It's pretty much the same with a lot of psycho-physical skills ranging from, let's say shooting sports to martial arts to any musical instrument. So... A "Segovia" is incredible on many "tunes," but a Chet Atkins is incredible on many tunes and Mark Knopfler is incredible on many tunes and Leo Kottke is incredible on many tunes and... each is technically a fingerpicker. Bottom line is that in some ways I reeeeeally envy the skills and talents of pickers I know are far above anything I can do personally, I also recognize that there are pickers I'd consider roughly in the minor league in which I "play," who can do things I can't imagine myself doing and yet - vice versa. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 ...You name it, I can't play it. Haha! That's gonna be my new motto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witmer Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 ...You name it, I can't play it. Heh. Well, played sir. I'm with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Just like F1 drivers. There are people out there that are above the norm. Cherish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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