Tommy Emmanuel - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

[herringbone28]

now that was an ass load of major 9th's

[Biake22]

what theory do I need to learn to re-create songs like this?  What about chords ?

[jwdsnapper]

mesmirising

[ptitzwi]

Too traditionnal arrangement, not interresting.......

Try Diego Figueiredo on Stella at starlight.....or Richard Dyens.....

[guitar19904]

@ptitzwi

what? did you not hear those harmonics? jeez, try giving it some instead ofbeing SO dismissive

[SupErBigxGulP]

Omgosh seriously .. i'm a fan of sungha, but this is the first time i heard tommy's vid. it's mind blowing!!! Esp the blue-ish feel in and stufs. totally awesome!!! =)

[akuwandy]

i dont like sound at 0:55..but the rest is awesome!!

[brotherWes]

Tommy is like one with his guitar. Nobody since LP has ever gotten more out of the instrument.

[cedarmillman52]

Damn this is a first for me! WOW!

[bensmiling]

32 dislikes? Probably the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys.

[MrJake985]

32 dislikes??? Perhaps those who dislike this masterpiece of music might like cold toilet seats.

[ZiggieLemonBag]

i wish i could play like him! :)

[ddirtydogg]

I suggest the "dislike" -ers take their heads out of their asses so they can hear a little better...

[PaperTreeMusic]

***Mesmerising***

[Pintoleite3]

240p? what is this, africa?

[ReallyGoodFeting]

@Pintoleite3 great joke asshole. lol its funi becuz theyre por

[LarryLynx]

@Pintoleite3 haha, such a horrible and spoiled comment. Just listen :D

[EpicGames777]

@Pintoleite3 Racist much?????

[DzagielAreq1]

@Pintoleite3 Isn't it obvious it's recorded with a fridge?

[MrPicklepick]

So Fantastic ! WOW !

[wyoming101]

There is only one word to describe Tommy Emanuel AMAZING !

[Tipph]

Tommy is the man! In my booh.... up there with Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix (Jimi will never be duplicated)

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

There needs to be a moratorium put on this fucking song!

[lp90ification]

the night i discovered Tommy Emmanuel..

[okamonify]

癒されるーーー



[MsJman911]

@SuperInfomonkey

come on man it's just a joke!

[MsJman911]

good, but can he play smoke on the water!?

[SuperInfomonkey]

@MsJman911 idk why you're askin that. if i could play this good i'd never stoop down to smoke on the water, just sayin

[sitarnut]

...and I used to think I knew how to play this song.....

[geneno164]

The expo wanker...after reading your childish comment this is my advice to you...you really need to stop what your doing to yourself or you will go blind.

[gummylipstick]

although lenny breau was a pioneer on the guitar and the one who introduced these harp harmonics in popular music, I think one can safely say that tommy emmanuel has mastered and made them his own

[wallisliku986]

No effects.

Just a man with his acoustic guitar. Whatever, he is sound so divine...

[zolenors]

applaused !!

[Adios720]

@TheExpoSorcerer, are you fuckin kiddin us?

[TheExpoSorcerer]

after listening to guys like lenny breau and ted greene, tommy just sucks

[jemibanez]

@TheExpoSorcerer With no disrespect to Ted Green, I think your comment is pointless drivel..

[MrJamesdarmody]

do u know the scene in inception, the movie with leonardo dicaprio where he twists his little toy in order to see if he dreaming? i do the same thing with tommy emmanuel: everytime when i get high i sometimes get paranoid. when that happens i just look at a tommy emmanuel clip to see if he plays the wrong notes. if he does play wrong i know its a nightmare but he doesnt. never. everytime i watch his cips, he plays every note perfect, so i know im in the reality:)

[gtarman63]

I'm your new biggest fan....AWESOME!!!!!

[johndeweb]

Heavenly. Jesus is the Rainbow...

[hydrabeast]

Love his interpretation of this song just beautiful. Can just hear Judy Garland in the guitar and just imagining the beauty of the song.

[kanix999]

can i have your guitar tommy? i promise to take better care of it than you have, but love it even more!

[hydrabeast]

@kanix999 and not play it half as good right?

[MartianTom]

@hydrabeast Be lucky to play it a quarter as good!

[Dragonfable123]

My god that guitar has a magical timbre to it.

[MyMagicMushroom]

I see colors in your playing!

[theodas]

The greatest guitarist alive today!

[ohhyunsu]

@theodas the greatest guitarist there ever will be! i hope he never dies, the world will be robbed off of this great skill and talent...

[thephatalien]

I love the comment

WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?

Classic.

[Corruptedxxx]

wtf, a guy that isnt from asia that got talent!

[jdanton]

@Corruptedxxx The last time I looked at a map Australia IS in Asia!

[V4zCeNt]

I finally got the intro waterfall harmonics down to a point where I thought it sounded good, and then I came back and watched Tommy play it... guess I'm not there yet.

[reyRodrigez]

@V4zCeNt It's the same here! :)

[Fettabeidl]

WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?!

[enzooosellers]

@Fettabeidl It is called octavados

[narfdaddy]

im so happy hes not tuned in eb like usual lol :-D

[JoeAlvEsp]

OMG!! harmonic genius!!!

[coltranelovetrain]

It's always daft to get into that debate of "best in the world" (but guess what) he really is, isn't he? at least steel-string acoustic player anyway. Think I'm stating the obvious really, but anywho...

[shsnj]

@coltranelovetrain I so agree. I get into those discussions, too. It's so frustrating to see these "greater ever" lists that rank guitarists ahead of him who, on their best day, couldn't even begin to match his expertise.

[shsnj]

@shsnj Oops, I meant to say "greatest ever."

[aflock89]

@coltranelovetrain

I agree, I've yet to hear anybody who plays this style to play as well as Tommy does

[bgandjsco1]

This guy is amazing.He captures more sad but beautiful emotion in this song than eric clapton does playing the same song with a 6 piece band and singing.

[LinomCardoso]

Esta exibição realça o talento excepcional do senhor Tommy Emmanuel. Todos os elogios possíveis serão merecidos.

- Parabéns TE!!!

[TrokisBoy101]

best 240p video on youtube!

[massimoalfa]

Tommy tu sei campione nel mondo!!!!!

[nirolfik]

hey dude, this is Over the Rainbow , there is no Somewhere !

[nirolfik]

1:22 this guitar is his friend !

[Nfanat]

fingerstyle

[downsyndrom1]

240p... we meet again.

[Hicklin94]

Check out my videos ! I'm probably just as good ! - HAHA. Obviously joking, this is ABSOLUTELY brilliant ! Still, check my videos out of you're bored.....

[manuetal]

great!!!!!!!!

[peluchota]

Es la musica de los Angeles...

[bangermccrusher]

0:33- wtf was that for?

[terrho7]

@bangermccrusher He was adjusting either the volume or the tone.

[geneno164]

...some advice for rodarooni..if you own a dictionary look up the meaning of these words..soul..heart..gift..tale­nt...practice...performance...­interpretation...feeling.,if you understand what you are reading come back and watch this masterpiece again.,then you might so called be roc on tommy.

[Rodarooni]

I have to say that im not a rock fan of Tommy but his playing on this song is very good

[Rolandscv]

Beat that.

[rkinrllr]

so much for anyone picking the greatest guitar player of alltime....Tommy Emmanuel may be him

[Patriksundvik]

i use to be this good, then i took an arrow to the knee.

[yienhui1]

*Look at my fingers* moment of realization *sob*

[s3bbe1337]

Damn that beginning is insanely hard... Probably wouldn't be able to do it even in 10 years xD

[FJ67CIWA]

so beautiful in a world so ugly.

[bassforfun94]

^^^^ this video. it made me want to continue life on this planet. It gives me hope that music isn't quite dead yet. All we need to do is make stuff like this and Jeff Schmidt and other underground wonders the mainstream. Popular music simply doesn't cut it anymore. It's not truly music unless it can stir emotions like this song just did for me.

[Jonaeguhtsu]

31 people got an arrow in their knee.

[fpranchas]

What kind of dark magic is this?!

[MyMagicMushroom]

@fpranchas It's divine magic! :)

[Bill50x]

Just amazing!

[AuroraSunset]

how in the world is he doing that?

[TheJokercrs]

this artist is my new star, can't believe I haven't crossed his path before now... and I've been close to to the knee move myself on my guitar after watching him haha

[MasterDv9000]

Like this if you saw Lady Gaga as the featured video after watching this and laughed.

[Retina100000]

@MasterDv9000 god i hate lady gaga

[Swamiz1]

This guy plays with insane soul

[rockinredneck57]

This is possibly the most beautiful rendition of this song I've ever heard. Tommy is nothing short of amazing.

[MartinE5200]

HEEY The man continued playing when people started clapping!!! -_-

[LarsBauer74]

So beautiful!

[benny42000]

So now I know there are atleast 29 people surfing youtube on a mission to dislike all videos.

[lapwiz]

WOW!

[marcbabinmusic]

nice harmonic variation at 3:20 and that harp technique is really great

[poopsienoremac]

I believe his beat up old guitar is an Australian Maton. They were a great brand ,not sure about these days though. The 12 string "southern star" model was impeccable.

[funkphreek]

Talent beyond compare...

[albertj32091]

"its live" OKAY DONT YOU DARE SAY ANOTHER WORD

[kamykazzzz]

Harmonics Machine



[sweetbilly]

Damn!! Listen to the tone of that guitar, just brilliant and he plays it like it's an electric!! ....sooo frigging effortlessly!! I've wanted to play like that and sound like that my entire life. God hates me :(

[onemexican1]

stating the obvious, but this guy, like his brother, can play. Great stuff

[shortbusoneohone]

WHY YOU NO LIKE TOMMY?! FFFFUUUUUU!!!!

[Newhomerambler]

I love watching his face as he plays! Even if he couldn't play, I will always enjoy him. His talent is our bonus!

[MartineEhrenclou]

He's a master, what else is there to say?

[CSvingen]

simply amazing! So much talent!

[sagegt1]

Talk about magic fingers! To quote John Mahal,(sp?) when asked what he looks for in a guitar player.........."Taste and feeling." T.E. has both and then some.

[TheXXXDB]

LUSH!!!!!!!!!!!

[foolsgold41]

this feels so good, and i feel so old now

[quantaxxx55]

soothing



[bobopinkrabbit]

Its because of people like this that make guitars expensive :D great song

[bluesman619]

I cried.

[appetitefordynamite]

I loved it and smashed my guitar on the wall. :) Why play when you can listen to this?

[spasman]

I begin melting at 2:43

[Reeltimescot]

Speechless. Just incredible.

[clive11]

I am f… speechless…how dare he play so beautifully? I almost had an heart attack…He is godsend to guitar!

[1aryadnacaroline]

Adorei ...

Ficou Lindo *--*

[aMLenna]

25 people are deaf.

[peterstrohm]

Fun trivia of the day: People who dislike Tommy Emmanuel have small dicks or stinky vaginas.

[203ltachl203]

guitar never sounded so beautiful.... no i stand corrected, its just tommy emmanuel playing beautiful

[goldenarmor123]

25 people were so shocked they had a seizure and accidentally clicked the wrong button

[beibosan]

25 people are dumb if they dont like this

[IISpeedAtNight]

What a masterpiece ^

(666th comment, hell yeah \m/)

[Superthatdudeguy]

Wow..... and i thought jeff becks was the best

[cybersaint2k]

Those 25 dislikes are people who grabbed their own guitar and broke it over their knee after watching this.

[tobiassegura]

@cybersaint2k you can joke about it... but it probably happened for real.. shame..

[dennisandvicki]

@cybersaint2k Best comment ever :-)

[BasementBeginnings]

@cybersaint2k Hell, I broke my guitar over my head - and still clicked "like". :P

[Korsaro1]

@cybersaint2k yes :)) 31 idiots

[RixGuitar]

2:45-3:05 Oh my!

[appetitefordynamite]

anisahoni. Very nicely put. Cheers. You hit the nail on the head.

[totalrandomcrap]

25 people are just jealous that they can't play this!

[dbbmccready]

I bet his wife likes his fingers

[abbonent]

@dbbmccready he doesnt have a wife...

[MrBlakeLee]

@abbonent

he does :D

[MrBlakeLee]

@abbonent

well wife/girl friend, but he has a child with her.. so we can categorise that as wife,: )

[IAmTheLawNr1]

@MrBlakeLee

lol?



[nubzaquer]

@dbbmccready

That is the main reason to marry a guitarist, besides them just being better than other people.

[CSvingen]

God created the heavens and earth or whatever...but tommmy emmanuel obviously inspired the spark

[4008567]

A man without equal !



[tomfong292]

Did those people start clapping before he finished?!?

[guitar5289]

This is absolutely the best instrumental version i've heard. It's beautiful

[NJBZX]

this is PERFECT! LOVE IT SO MUCH! :D

[bayview63]

i get goose bumps every time i listen to Tommy. Nobody else does that to me.

[mkenner515]

going to see him tonight! (again!!) I cannot wait!

[gelatosamurai]

wow

[katemaclaren]

I just saw the concert at Beach Haven (Surflight theater)--my goodness--how can he just keep amazing us with his bigger than life talent and SOUL? Tommy. Tommy. Thank God for you.

[albertaguitarguy]

@katemaclaren .... Hi. I was at the Monday night show. Loved it !!! Was amusing to me when a lady sitting beside me said she and he hubby came from 3 hours away and that he said he bets they came from furthest away of the people there. i said i didn't think so, girlfriend and I came all the way from Western Canada. Well worth it. I hope Tommy lives forever so I can see him many more times.

[vcole1]

3:18



[exhaustedone]

i just hear Tommy live this past weekend. He was playing in New Brunswick, NJ and then at the Jersey shore the next two days. I wish I could have gone to all three concerts.

There is no one like him, a truly amazing artist, what phrasing and emotion !

Check his tour dates and go if you can.

[sailsman100]

57 day left to see him again live in Germany.., - and also meet him at the "meet and greet"... - I can´t wait... - I am totally adicted to his music... maybe 80.000 clicks are from me... - I think he can´t remember his last mistake playing on a guitar... - What a musican !!!! What a feeling !!!! what a technique....

[Vincejoecool]

He really pulls at your heart strings.

[CSvingen]

The lost first chapter in Genesis:

First Tommy Emmanuel created the guitar, then he created god.

Then god created the heavens and the earth.

[gir1258]

@CSvingen So the first chapter is just those two sentences? Wow.

[exhaustedone]

@CSvingen

SO very well said, I couldn't agree more. You made me smile all over.

[rplunkett142r]

Going to see Tommy this Saturday, then next month, Leo Kottke. both great....guitar heaven!

[BluesGee]

i'm 3 years old and i like this music

[CDugan7]

@BluesGee if you're 3 years old and typing, i'm impressed.

[mrwriterfull]

@BluesGee wtf?  =)

[whatsthebigfndeal]

HATERS BEWARE!!! He's better than you will ever be. And 'ol so and so' that you think is so much better than him? Yea, Tommy is better than that guy will ever be too. Hard fact of life gentlemen, god DID NOT create every man equal. There's this guy, then there's the rest of us.

[proskaterwannabe]

@whatsthebigfndeal i think He did create us equal... the reason there are people who are so good is because they are really passionate about what they are doing... and alot of hard work

[themurkar]

@proskaterwannabe If I could +thumb this comment more than once I assure you I would ;)

[catchbreath1143]

actually i came to the intro...

[ShadowOfIRabbit]

@catchbreath1143 gay..

[betacrash]

me and my 7 year old were watching the Woodsongs show featuring Tommy. She said "Maybe if you get one of those black things for the sound hole you will sound like him!".

[HKapollo]

@betacrash Maybe she see potential in you that you don't. Kids are like that.

[Narutoxbleach503]

@bcozigothigh No this is what a guitar sounds like when its making LOVE.

[colorinbua]

@bcozigothigh Means that it is orgasmic to hear the sound coming out of his fingers ..... a true master!