Neil Young cover - Dead Man Acoustic

[NBjam77]

great song,great interpretation,am happy^^

[mrbikerider27]

the chorus is different than everybodys but it sounds so original yet refined perfectly.

[davec3487]

Can you do a tutorial on how you are playing or at a minimum list the chords? Thanks, nicely done.

[jerzykramer]

Just Beautiful!!!

Keep this up man you rule the guitar!

[uqbar18]

Great song and great version, man. I'm argentinian, so great poster too. You know what I mean ;)

[bertho65]

well done, great song, great film, sounds really brilliant

[bertho65]

well done!

[JayBGeorge]

sweat i learned a lick while watching you play thats not an easy song good job

[NBjam77]

brilliant cover,been in my favorites for months now:)

And quite funny to see everytime i check your vid another asswipe is going on and on about your poster....this is a neil young cover vid not a chatroom about the Che ffs

[immanence]

@NBjam77 Thanks bro. The last guy was aptly named: RoboDouche. RoboDouchebag more like

[RoboDouche]

@immanence I'm not American, no.

I can't post links, but google "Che Guevara Murderer" and read the Epoch Times piece.

I'm not sure what US presidents have to do with it. If the point is simply to compare, I would place Che in a special class of ideologically motivated murderer, with killing and hatred as his stated aims. But certainly, many USP's have questionable human rights records. What is your point? Were you to put their poster on your wall, you would likewise be inviting criticism.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche Epoch Times is known as anti-communist, so I'm not surprised by the article. They are fighting the Chinese government, but not because it is communist, but because it bans the Falun Gung. Because it is also communist, they attack it as communist, and any other communist. In assessing the momentous contribution of Che, I'm not going to start there. But wait. Why am I even discussing this with you? Any poster on my wall "invites criticism"? What the fuck business of yours is my decor?

[RoboDouche]

@immanence None of my business, friend. But would you be at all surprised if you had a George Bush poster and people were critical? It is an invitation in the sense that it is the reasonable expectation.

Moreover, a publication's political leanings are irrelevant. What matters are their facts. So, would you care to refute anything in the article? Did Che not personally execute over 180 people? Did he not order hundreds of thousands more killed? Did he not imprison homosexuals? Let's have it.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche Why would I get into or care about convincing or debating you? Do your own research. You are wrong that the political leanings of publications are irrelevant: they are operative. You think the record suggested in the article is the only take on Che Guevara? It is not even documented. It is the work of a staff journalist. Is this what passes as authoritative for you? But wait: I see what you are really saying. If I have a poster of Che, I am condoning all his actions! You clown!

[RoboDouche]

@immanence You asked me to provide evidence he was a murderer. I directed you to an article on the subject. It was a direct answer to a direct question, not a statement about your beliefs.

The political leanings of a publication are important, but are also IRRELEVANT as concerns your question, for which only facts need be considered. And it is the facts of the piece you refuse to refute. If you are capable of doing so, go ahead. If you do not, forgive me for assuming it is because you cannot.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche The pathetic article you're referring to is not evidence. It is a series of unreferenced assertions all ending up with the foregone conclusion: Che is co-responsible for the scourge of communism that the Chinese government continues in its policies, a scourge - it is alleged - that led to the deaths of 100 million people. This conclusion is so asinine it barely should be dignified with a response. No, I have no "evidence" that Che killed anyone, and neither do you

[RoboDouche]

@immanence The article makes no such claim. It simply says Che was no hero. If it does not persuade you that is fine, but I see no reason to make things up, while continuing to ignore my request to refute, or even deny, the facts it presents. Again, can you refute or deny that Che Guevara personally executed at least 180 people, ordered the deaths of hundreds of thousands more, and imprisoned 'undesirables' such as homosexuals? if you can, get on with it.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche "Che’s form of communism, which he learned from his mentors the Soviets, has collectively claimed the lives of over 100 million people over the last century and counting, as the Chinese communist regime resumes its policies. That is two times the entire death toll of World War II and sixteen times the death toll of the infamous Nazi death camps." - from the article you cite. I think it's pretty clear what is being claimed.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche The author of the article you cite admits at the end, "Was he a murderer? He is only identified as such by his own action and words". The case you reference, Eutimio Guerra, is the only one spoken of in detail, and is a case of treason in the context of a war of liberation, where Guerra himself asked Fidel Castro for death. Che writes about it evocatively, but I have no evidence that it happened, or happened in the way he said. Neither do you or the author of the article

[immanence]

@RoboDouche You and the author claim Che "ordered the deaths of hundreds of thousands". Excuse me? What the author claims were "Labor camps" was land reform and collectivisation of previously privately owned land. But the author dismisses this advance: "Through these newly formed Labor Camps, Che ordered the death of hundreds of thousands of helpless Cubans, including women and children as young as 14 years old." This claim is ridiculous.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche As for your command, "get on with it," no one commands me, especially not some arsehole on YouTube who wants to engage some long and pointless polemic because I happen to own a poster of Che Guevara. To you and everyone else who thinks that's a problem: I don't give a fuck

[RoboDouche]

@immanence As for "evidence that Che killed anyone", of course I have evidence. I have Che's diaries as evidence. He speaks about it in detail.

"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. ...A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate."

And about his personal execution of peasant Eutimio Guerra:

"I ended the problem giving him a shot with a .32 pistol in the right temporal."

[immanence]

@RoboDouche You have only the wit of the polemicist and tools of the ideologue: principally, to take things out of context and selective quotation according to your needs. How many globally did Che save? How many did he inspire to stand up for, and grasp, their rights? How more difficult did he make it for colonial violence and imperial domination to reach their ends? Well, in the end, Che Guevara stands as an icon of liberation struggles, and you and I and the author are nothing. Especially him

[catblack10]

Yeah - Nice

[Bablagum]

upload a tutorial dude! this is immense!

[Sportybob]

I love you version! Great job

[rockinloveswebpet]

wow. Amazing...



[eriiol]

thanks! =)

[Sportybob]

Excellent job! You're a good player

[hugitosotomayor]

hey how is the lesson for this comming out?

[Jamtrack8]

Year! Very good- Che forever!

[2fookinwasted]

dude I've watched and practiced what I see you playing for about a year. I've played it for 3 chicks in the past 2 months and the panties fly right off. Thank you brother! Bless you friend!

[1airways]

Heck My panties have come flying off

[Jamtrack8]

I like it!

[larryndiour]

Hello, I think theres too much emphasis on the rhythm, it's covering the notes.

[meanmachine125]

please send me the tabs

[immanence]

don't have 'em, sorry. But I will try, when I get a minute, to a put up a tutorial on this one, as many have asked the same question

[Horsehoof123]

Great cover, I agree with hugit.

[hugitosotomayor]

reaaaallly nice man, if you have some spare time could you make a video of how to play it?

[immanence]

will try

[Jamtrack8]

very good- with Feeling

[PYRAMIDS33]

Great job. You're guitar playing is very nice. But... it's almost impossible to do a cover of master guitarist. And specially one as great as Neil Young. But still a very good effort. Thumbs up man.

[immanence]

agreed

[Cuuka]

Wonderful.

Just wonderful.

:)

[frodonet]

hey would u mind sending me the chords?

thanks. nice playing

[Immigrant312]

you can actually play this in the normal key...but is good capo'd as well

[Panushkin]

i like lower sounds but he good player 4 sure ... take the cappo off ....just my opinion though im sure all the white folks like the extra treble lol

[samsjd]

Nobody gives a fuck what offends you. He's playing the guitar, not making a political speech.

[muttonbuster]

Great feeling, man. Che looks to be in awe. I need to get myself a Capo now. I can play parts of it on electric, but the acoustic theme right as the title of movie comes over the screen I've yet to learn for some reason. Good inspiration to get me to learn it.

[FAndreee]

nice work :) but without e-guitar its not even the half...:(

[shoemaker1]

As a Cuban, I find your Che poster offensive.

[immanence]

I find offensive that you, a complete stranger, believe you have a right to comment on the interior of my home. Perhaps you'd also be offended by what I am thinking right now? Should I care?

[RoboDouche]

@immanence In fairness, I think it would generally be considered acceptable to take offense to a poster of say, Bin Laden, right? I mean it would still be on your own private property, and would still be your right to display it, but people could justifiably give you shit for it. Same goes for Che. You have every right to put up pictures of the guy, and anyone else has the right to think that makes you a useful idiot. People get that way about murderers.

Anyway, whatever. Enjoyed your playing.

[immanence]

@RoboDouche Are you kidding? First, how can you equate Che Guevara, who co-led a popular socialist revolution, with Bin Laden? Would I be right to think you live in the United States? Second, are you saying that Che Guevara is a murderer? If so, can you substantiate this claim? And while you are doing so, can you in parallel name one US president who isn't, or wasn't, a mass murderer? Cheers!

[soundtheology]

As an American, I find your communism offensive.

[oroltatransky]

very nice!

[nitjifor]

don't know much about guitar playing but I pretty much like how you made out those high tones in the song... they pretty much get me

a unique cover... really like listening to it

thank you

[immanence]

cheers!

[colasteck]

thanks you very much now i can play it. it's very nice

[NBjam77]

simply brilliant...

[immanence]

thanks!

[SiO2win]

sounds like the song is unended. Good work anyway! =)

[Jrhexum]

I'd love to see some tabs for your interpretation. I'm diggin' it a lot!!!

[immanence]

I'll try to do a video tutorial. It's more easy than you think

[blandatious]

che looks on! well done mate. i love this acoustic ballad very much and your version lends it justice. your talent is matched by your humility which when you combine the two in my opinion means you possess a gift. sorry for going on!

[immanence]

1000 salam

[thelastpoets]

muy bien tocada, thanks

[defkondos]

very nice thks

[Hexenhammer09]

no offence dude ,but Neil Young isn`t coverable..

[immanence]

thanks for letting me know

[nienienien]

Very cool !!

[GeistWerk]

great

dead man is one of my favorite movies

it's so poetic

[gwarfanjosh]

u are realy good but u look pissed the fuck off

[immanence]

I played it because I was a dead man

[Aeon1988]

this is the best that can be found on the web... thank u so much!

[immanence]

thanks!

[fuzzycabin]

brilliant.

[M15577]

Nice version dude.

But it think your wrong about the distortion drowning it out... its an awesome contrast that blends in perfectly.

In my opinion anyway.

Well done.

[z6ch]

I agree, I love the contrast and the darkness it adds. I think 'Old Black' not only makes the song, but the whole movie. Magic.

Really nice version though!

[curtisladri]

VERY COOL COVER

nice job man

seguí así.

[immanence]

thanks!

[LeeAlbrandt]

One word: NICE.

[TheFlyingEye21]

Do you have any tobacco?--- great movie

[Panushkin]

i traded it 8).... and im not telling what it was

[bradlez996]

just when i going to learn play that, you show me how hard it is, DOH!. Cool playing though dude.

[immanence]

no, it's easy! I will try to post a video tutorial soon, to show you

[frus1994]

great great great!!!!

[immanence]

thanks! thanks! thanks!

[immanence]

I like the film a lot. Some parts of it are really sublime (like when Johnny enters the village of Nobody, and when he lies with the deer ... ). The soundtrack fits perfectly. It's really raw. Stalker is my favorite film of all time ........ It's breathtaking.

[samuelpcloud]

What is the chord at :32

Also, do you have tabs of your version anywhere? I'd really like to learn it.

Thanks

[litemc]

I have the tabs. I could send you as a guitar pro file or in PDF version. Just let me know.

[immanence]

No tabs and no time, I'm afraid. I think the chord you're looking for is index finger third string first fret, third finger second string third fret.

[LeeAlbrandt]

Have you had any official teaching of how to play? Any music theory study?

[immanence]

None whatsoever. Apart from the Bm and Em, etc, I couldn't tell you the name of the chords I'm playing

[rafaelll76]

I thought that I can play guitar... until today... You are amazing man. This song is one of the most beautiful guitar themes ever for me. Electric version is good too, but acoustic... so much feeling. Thanks mate.

[immanence]

thanks!

[misconduckt]

I started picking on Ennio Morricone today, for the first time and nailed Fistful of Dollars from memory, so I moved onto Neil Young, man this vid is great cause there are no decent tabs anywhere for it, good work - from a sorta beginnerish guitar player (playing punk rock way too long)

[immanence]

thanks! I'd love to see Neil playing it on acoustic, but as far as I know he never has on film. Has he ever played anything from Dead Man live? Does anyone know. I know most the soundtrack was more or less recorded live, with Neil watching the film and just playing ... improvising ....

[sanchez79]

this is great

[keyehaw]

Nice. Thanks. I had always thought that the descending part was just a descending bass line, but it's the same minor - minormajor 7 - minor 7 - minor 6 that's in a lot of popular tunes, from "My Funny Valentine" to Willie Nelson's "Crazy"...

[pachacamacs]

Good job man, you've got the right touch and feeling !

[immanence]

thank you!!

[snounn]

it rocks :)

great tune, great guitar

[elsekin]

i love you

=)

[immanence]

[puppy look] cool :)

[OnTheRanch]

nice cover. today i made mine, but not as good as yours :) what is your chord at 0.33?

[immanence]

I like yours! I hear the moment (but it's nice) when you're looking for a certain connecting chord. I don't know what it is, because I play by ear and memory, not notation, but I think the chord you're talking of is directly before G. It is second string third fret, third string first fret. I think what's important in this song is the right hand; it's strumming, but also slapping the chords (e.g., the first D variation) to get a certain resonance.

[Bamzoni241]

It's nice to hear the acoustic parts of the score with the electric drowning out most of it. I definitely like this version with the capo; it makes the song sound clear and crisp. Wonderful playing, man. Beautiful.

[Bamzoni241]

Gah. *Without the electric drowning it out. Bleh, I wish we had edit comment!

[buriedmyheart]

awe this is really good

[Blastabola]

Back Engeneering most wonderfull of all time mate. Pick a tune that doesnt make me cry please_!

[immanence]

:) thanks!

[Weltar]

great! i played the solo with ur video.

[immanence]

thanks, man ....

[brucechrist]

awesome job, well done

[jesseakers]

the mystics always taught that the reason we love music and produce speech is because we are seperated from their source, this is a kind of song that relates me back to the source, thanks for the play

[immanence]

it's strange exactly how, across so many differences in our lives, we find similar feelings and similar joy and learning in music ........ thanks for the words, man ........

[punk2116]

I wanna be like you man

[immanence]

me, I wanna be anyone else

[jules10109]

Music to my ears. :)

[jereality]

great!

[zen846]

Awsome not easy by any means I placed a chezzy video its from the dead man soundtrack check it out you could play it if you do please pot it because noone else has

[miko54321]

great job man, you should play a bit softer in some places though.

[immanence]

You're right. Hopefully soon I get a Zoom H4 Handy Recorder, which will mean I won't be relying on my camera to pick up sound ......

[encrypttie]

sweet...

[jdmarcus59]

very good but why thr capo

[immanence]

thanks for the comment. I was tuning the guitar down to double drop C, so capo on third took me back to standard plus one. Now I usually play in standard with a capo on first. Somehow going up one allows many of the notes to come out better than on just normal standard

[jdmarcus59]

right on. keep playing on you tube.

[desfiladero]

wow, excellent work, man!

[immanence]

Thank you! Also Okaykid. Thanks for the encouragement!

[okaykid77]

Good stuff! You really got it, man!

[fort007]

You got it just right just try to play the 1st (high e) string less

Rock on man!

[immanence]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm gonna try to repost this video as I got a new capo. My old one sucked. In working this out I went by the opening 30 seconds or so of the film, where Neil plays it acoustic only. As to playing, I think a lot is simply timing and touch, and perhaps also that he'll be playing a D45 where here I'm playing a $400 Blueridge BR-73. That aside from him being a god of the guitar ...