Paul Gilbert Flamingo

[JANO66]

It doesn't matter how much I admire this dude, he can't play flamenco :/ and if he tries it with that technique he could get injured pretty badly... He's fucking class don't get me wrong :)

[2two1one0zero]

Epic background

[Ledhead2412]

Horrible filming. >.>

[DANIELR149]

Maestro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[8RMini]

I so wanna learn how to play this one.... I love Paul Gilbert (:

[pandamatiass]

332 people cant play guitar and listens hip-hop

[tamirloable]

what year is it?

[NOBAMAftw]

@MrCk1234567890 im not really insulting him, hes one of my favorite guitarists ever (viking kong is the shit) i was just trying to help some kids who might try to get into flamenco (i first discovered it from this exact video). Like i said his note choice is good but his finger picking is lacking, and he admits that. I didnt say "hey if you wanna see real flamenco go here!"

[familiacelaya]

His middle finger its longer than my dick lol

[happieroc]

God wont Let him use his whole right hand, there still needs some guitar to be left to master by someone else

[ThePreciousguitar87]

This piece is awesome, I did not have a clue that he´s such an amazing acoustic player!

[realguitarist07]

He improvises Flamenco juts like how I do.

[kman41000]

But yet he says he can't play this style!

[Daariiaann]

damn, maybe is not real flamingo but i love this song Xp

[NOBAMAftw]

Pretty good note choice but his finger picking is lacking. Its almost all picked with one finger when it should either be done with nails or tip of finger in alternating patterns. Either pima or picado

[MrCk1234567890]

@NOBAMAftw post a response, lets see your chops...I'm anxious to see your skills, you must be an unbelievable guitarist if you're critiquing paul gilbert

[erkutacar]

and the fucker says he cant play :D

[erroredelsistema]

Paul, you are a great guitarist but learn flamenco (see Carlos Montoya)

[urmom102697]

oh no your terrible at flamingo. this is absolutely terrible.

[03kyousuke]

Hiroshi Shibasaki, Paul Gilbert, Bill Leverty, Slash(hudson) My Inspirations

[barrynotsteelable]

wonderful , but Paco Delucia will give you a horn . Ottmar leibert will set you free .. over and over again ...

[wwejbc]

Not flamenco , but is fucking awesome!

[setoelkahfi]

pengakuan ki critane :D

[fragrenade1]

Paul Gilbert fails dramatically at proving he CAN'T play flamenco

[TheSynyster1996]

I....I....I.....I Obey you master

[XenoType008]

Failinco

[alkleiza1995]

This isn't just flamenco, this is flamenco + 1

[TheBadfish11]

One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

[D3STRUCT0L0LZ]

It's technically not flamenco, look at his picking hand, not flamenco, but damn it sure sounds good ;)

[rizki215]

i had technical difficulties

[cebumysticfalls143]

happy birthday paul!

[ChernobylOfficial]

Im gonna dislike JUST because he said attempt... Im jealous xD

[CometShoot000]

0:06 "because of my inability to play real flamenco" fuck that shit....

[520Peejay420]

Yeah this isn't Flamenco it's just some cool spanish guitar.

[sord87]

spider finger!

[squaderx]

I Dont understand why you said to paul gilbert fuck you ?

[Plaintcontrix]

@squaderx yes

[turnbacktime]

@squaderx he said that because paul said it was just an attempt... but it sounds amazing.

i hope that makes sense.

[chimptor50]

PG is correct when he say's he can't play real Flamenco guitar, he can't. What he is playing here is his best guess at what real Flamenco guitar sounds like. Now, don't get me wrong, his playing ability is second to none, however when it comes to Flamenco guitar, he needs some work. Flamenco requires that he fan the rhythm parts and play the bass and melody at the same time. Flamenco is very hard to master, but I'm sure PG could do it, no problameo!!!

[ultimas50]

everytime i watch paul gilbert playing guitar, i realize that the skill i have is nearly nothing....

[meloman4141]

@ultimas50 First two years he played gutar with only upstrokes, first eight years he didn't do alternative picking... With time he became this skilled and awesome. He's supposed to be an inspiration to you.

Pracktice makes perfect. Now get your guitar and play stuff! ;P

[MrBillCollecor]

i think he said modestly about his "inabillity to play real flamenco" hahahah.. he's so crazy

[jarkanciofan]

Paul: "because of my inability to play real flamingo..."

Fuck you paul gilbert!!

[Alfred5150]

@jarkanciofan his inability to play flamenco is more or less like his inability to shred

Guess he wont be happy till he plays with his feet :P

[JCD2design]

I think that pinky has become self-aware.

[Cannlos]

/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s That's is FLAMENCO.

[MrJakeTerror]

paul gilbert-the most interesting person

[SamuraiMasenko]

@MrJakeTerror

He bowls overhand.

[loupeyloupee]

@huffyguy7 Can you have a world tour concert???

[JordanDMcG]

Paul Gilbert: A man who can pick up a shitty acoustic guitar with action that is like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis far out and play it like its an overdriven, delayed ibanez.

[EjWhoFunAh]

i was high watching this and the backround was still

[fabianschonholz]

Amazing!



[MrxWorld1]

Dear God if that's inability, what's him playing good? O_o

[callum0100]

There is know other way to disci be this than WTF sick!

[blaskohimself]

He said he has an inability to play flamenco, not flamingo!

[slash93jack]

what makes this even more spectacular is the fact that he is spinning around upside down while playing

[skaterstone2000]

@slash93jack HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!­

[makantang]

tabs !!!!.....!!!!

[SitanggangMarulam]

Great speed...

[todrrez]

314 ppl are vegetarians ...they dont like flamingos!!!!

[amzrable]

lol background looks like a spinning marble table

[Drakggor]

Very nice!

[thebakdorbandit]

umm if u watch the video u can clearly see there is no pick.

[PizzaBlade17]

@thebakdorbandit

dude it's a joke.

[madhippy2]

dont you hateb it when gou write359 characters and your pooter just cuts you

[acelipes]

@skatolp no pick in this video you blind fool

[0willmaestro0]

@acelipes ....thats what hes trying to say i think. as in dont say that sentence 'hes only fast because hes using the pick' cause in this video he clearly isnt. savvy?

[Lawliet3300]

paul your insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ermonski]

Michael Cera shreds!!!

[rmetalhumano]

esta muy bien pero le falta el toque español....

[jaz91]

is the background moving, or i am just high....

[cello39mn]

@jaz91 you're high bro. give me some of what you're smoking :D

[blackjeans182]

yeh he really cant play flamenco, no offence hes otherwise awsome

[moreblack]

I think Paul is a pretty cool guy, eh plays the flamingo guitar and doesn't afraid of anything

[MetalzShredah550]

@moreblack just liek Master Chief.

[chocolatedonut31]

To be honest, his fingerpicking style is really frustrating to watch. But he did say, that he was bad so at least he's honest.

[MrClint39]

Yep, he really sucks on that thing. Showing nothing but inability. He should give it up. How did he get such a low opinion of himself?

[Simonemoni]

is there a medicine to make the fingers grow up ?

[Twixgtx]

am i the first to ask this? WHAT THE FUCK is that shit in the background!?! and WHAT THE FUCK IS HE WEARING?! i've concluded it must be a sweat shirt, but at first i thought it was a pancho, and it could be a weird ass long sleeve shirt. this was obviously during the 90s, i don't think i've seen another time period where people wore sweat shirts on a day to day basis. correct me if i'm wrong

[synysterwylde627]

he looks like michael cera

[Soboliew]

Iam in the best band in the world : the satan is playing our lead guitar!!!...umh wait wtf someone is KICKING he's ass!!!... young padavan what is your name ? mR paul gilbert dear sir ... paul gilbert? lol this is hilarious we must change youe name(paul playing get out of my yard) umh wait that was a joke (sound of death by pick thunder !!!!!!!!!!!)... ; p

[guitarify1000]

this song is so epic that it is more relevant on a search for flamingo than a flamingo video

[TheAndrewMChannel]

is it me or is the wall moving

[ixcaliber]

@TheAndrewMChannel it's just you.

[gunluvr22]

@TheAndrewMChannel Its either that or I just shot up too much bath salt.

[zizoumonk10]

Paul Gilbert is like that kid in high school who complains that he failed the test but gets the best grade in the class. Sure you can't play Flamenco....

[Sirist10]

estos virtuosos con la electrica siempre les suenan muteadas y sin profundidad las cuerdas al tocar una acustica

[1992RATM]

bullshit you cant play flamenco

[Satelite93mrm]

@LukeHeavyshield its really not that impressive lol...listen to some good classical players and then come back to this....theres not much harmony or really that much musical quality here...i was just merely pointing out that he isnt doing it right. Lol...not that I dont respect him...hes just not a great nylon player

[Zbinxary]

@Satelite93mrm He kinda covered that in the first 20 seconds of the video lol, nice try though?

[Zbinxary]

@Satelite93mrm He kinda covered that in the first 20 seconds of the video lol... NICE!

[jfd92]

as awesome as he is, both his hands aren't in correct position. he would get horrible injuries on both his hands if he played "flamingo" like this hours a day. that's also why he's not playing as loud as a real flamenco player

[xanderlane]

@skatolp So, like, the fingers of destiny?

[gigabytekilla]

bullshit he cant play flaminco. thats sounds pretty damn good

[watarball]

whats the name of the song?

[peonwarrior]

@watarball FlaminGo

[watarball]

@peonwarrior thx, i thought they mean flamenco

[76rockmusic]

@watarball flamingo

[XxAFIRINSDExX]

If only I could play flamenco as badly as him

[vass700]

this song isnt really that hard but the hard parts are the string skips which you have to really stretch

[FoxWBogart]

It's very good, but the point is that Paul is right, because this is "flamingo". Well, indeed, I don't know what it is, but I know that it's not flamenco, because the flamenco musicians plays the spanish guitar with all the fingers, and paul plays with one finger as a pick.

At least the guitar is a real spanish guitar, not accoustic

[EricClaptonFan24]

Flamingo haha? It's flamenco. He's playing an animal?

[AmonOfTheSahelijos]

@EricClaptonFan24 that's the joke. did you listen to him in the beginning?

[EricClaptonFan24]

@AmonOfTheSahelijos Oh, stupid! Hahaaha.

[fidonarunja]

@EricClaptonFan24 Flamingo = Flamenco :D Flamenco is in spanish, are the same. If you say ''Voy a tocar flamenco'' you are saying ''I'm gonna play flamingo''

[fameone1THC]

jesus

[heiswithus36]

it is what it is. it's flamingo. and it's beautiful.

[shlemaXXX]

he is great in electric but he sound dirty on the nylon

[RIPLatashaHarlins]

Spanish Fly much? still awesome though

[JU4NCAM4NEY]

Fucking hell I wish I sucked at Flamenco too

[RIPLatashaHarlins]

@JU4NCAM4NEY Lol

[chrluzz]

Does anyone else thinks he looks like Micheal Cera from Superbad or Scott Pilgrim vs The World

[JU4NCAM4NEY]

@chrluzz lol he kinda does!

[sixstringfretter]

Not bad. Orianthi could play it better.

[remnant24]

These Hispanic dudes will never be able to admit Flamenco is being played by a non-Hispanic dude. Too much pride. They'll nitpick and say Flamenco is a culture and whatnot, despite the fact that in any relevant discussion it's only a genre of music. But who cares about a genre anyway? Most Flamenco is self indulgent guitar wankery, and this is a virtuosic piece of music you can enjoy without attributing it to a genre.

[Azkaine69]

@remnant24 First of all, it's not Hispanic, it's Gypsy music. You said it yourself, flamenco is a genre of music,and that means it has certain characteristics and techniques that this piece lacks. You clearly ar an ignorant when it comes to flamenco, guitar, and music in general.

[remnant24]

@Azkaine69 Last time I checked, Flamenco is Andalusian Gypsy music. Andalusia is in Spain, which means Flamenco is originated from Spain, and therefore Hispanic. Not that I was saying Flamenco is Hispanic in my original post—I was talking about people, not music. Being a guitar player I probably know a lot more than you do about guitar and music, but since you're such an expert on Flamenco, please enlighten us as to what "characteristics and techniques that this piece lacks."

[Azkaine69]

@remnant24 How could you possibly be certain that you know a lot more about guitar and music than me? That statement is completely ridiculous. If you "know" so much, you should be aware of the techniques I am talking about.

[remnant24]

@Azkaine69 I didn't say I was certain, I said "probably." I like how you're trying to convince me I don't know anything about guitar or music by claiming I'm unaware of some techniques that are missing in this tune for it to be considered Flamenco, while said techniques could actually not exist and you could actually be talking out of your ass, which—given your lack of any concrete examples—most would find is the more likely assumption. Well played.

[Azkaine69]

@remnant24 watch?v=_O3W6FwVOlI Th

[20inchApes]

except the kid from zombie land doesnt have ninja weapons for fingers

[20inchApes]

he looks like the kid from zombieland

[canihaveanyname]

i wish i had an inability to play flamingo such as paul's

[esposoman]

@canihaveanyname This isn't real flamingo.



[canihaveanyname]

@esposoman that was a joke

[1skullduggery]

he's got no ego, neither, like so many of them d-bags do. usually the ones that are in bands that have just letters in their name. y&t for example.

[wilnardo69]

tang ina igorot pla ung ng upload.. hahahaha

[alejandro3668]

paul gilbert,es fenomenal en ambas guitarras electrica y acustica..lo mejor

[dmitrit81]

It's not so bad :)

[BlackAureole]

I love the way he says "my inability to play flamenco" and then goes and belts that bit of guitar playing out.

[felipoioo]

312 son altos ignorantes el talento lo mostras con la criolla paul es un genio que tiene muchisisissssiimas tecnicas infinitas tecnicas

[frombaerum]

awesome! flamingo-cant stand on one leg and do it!

[santseghotmail]

This is so trippy!!!

[illeistheshizzle]

This made me dizzy after a while

:P

[OddManOutMusic]

 I Am The Big Bad Wolf

[Juggernaut485]

Simply Beautiful

[8RMini]

Meant to say " I wanna play this song so badly :(:( "

[8RMini]

I wonna play song sooo so badly :(:(

[69cohonas]

that is technically alright but flamenco???

yo he vivido en espana y eso no es flamenco!



[Ianfefe]

@69cohonas es lo que dice en el inicio...almenos es un buen intento :P

[felipoioo]

@69cohonas si escucharas rock y sus derivados, sabrias que los rockeros que tienen mas tecnicas lo modifican , como el rockero quiere modificar el blues al estilo rock blues no se si me explico, paco de lusia que es el unico que conozco que toque flamenco me parese muy bueno un genio pero no se , esto tiene algo que me llama mas la atencion esta bueno de todas formas

[wesamalsaadi]

GIANT HANDS!

[hidjjohnson]

Am I allowed to say I like this without being shouted at? ;)

[squishy95dreams]

coca-cola?

[lwyyys]

paul rules

[pianotarra]

esto es una composicion en modo frigio...de flamenco no hay nada...una vez mas se desvirtua el flamenco...el flamenco es una cultura, es folcklore en baile, cante y guitarra, no escalas y rasgueos de musica de corridas de toros...en todo caso este guitarrista es fenomenal, muy bueno.

[mojopin70]

@pianotarra still sounds very like flamenco.

[pianotarra]

@mojopin70 pues si, suena en modo frigio..pero hombre...esto no es flamenco amigo!

[Cibagagi]

Brilliant modeling of a lovely, fashionable and modern jumper/shirt/thing.

[LeoLovesNature]

eeeeew

[gustavsandberg]

this background is making me wanna throw up.

[thrashsuxballs]

312 people are thrashers

i have learned that theres diferent type of people in this world with complex emotions and additudes but thrasher cannot appreciate culture or talent.

if your a thrasher that thinks your sensitive to the ways of art and culture guess what your not! your pathetic. and i will not allow you to give your side of the story the way i think of you is the way you are.......

[superdong666]

@thrashsuxballs well me i play all types of music.... i can play flamenco, jazz, rock, and even thrash plus many other styles. just cuz sumone plays thrash doesnt mean that they automatically dont understand other arts and i gotta say with that comment u disgraced urself by saying that

[sk8rsroc]

@thrashsuxballs i dont understand what are youre grounds for saying that, i love thrash(metallica,megadeth,krea­tor,testament and lots more), ALOT, but i also love alot of other stuff, death metal, classical, melodic death metal, blues, classic rock, grunge, neoclassical, power metal, etc.

[thrashsuxballs]

@sk8rsroc i just had a very very bad experieance with one that costed me my eye, i simply was writting music for my orchestra and i at the time did not feel or say any negative conatations to the thrash comunity. but i soon realized after having frequent run ins with other ones they all have a generic thirst for blood and no regards to anyone elses health.....luckly for me self preservation is vital if not i wouldnt have survived

[sk8rsroc]

@thrashsuxballs bloodthirst? are you thinking of a gang? "thrasher" = someone who likes thrash metal if im not mistaken, it has nothing to do with anything else in that persons life,

[thrashsuxballs]

@sk8rsroc no i am talking about those denuim vest waring oily hair basterd that listen to simple rythem and melody

[Gazer794]

His pinky grows whenever he uses it! O.O

[abraley94]

paul, do you realize that your "inability to play a real flamenco", is nonexistent..?

[lonewolf604]

@abraley94 he can certainly play the music but "real" flamenco (notice my quotations) players play using their index and middle finger, like a bass player.

[MajesticMist]

Werid, gravity seems to not affect me when i listen to this ^^

[flobtob]

@MajesticMist Gravity doesn't affect me when I listen to this either. I shit my pants so hard whilst watching this I literally fly.

[UltraDaveDude]

HD BACKGROUND, MOTHERFUCKER!

[mammita00]

FUCKING AWESOME

[Emgshred42]

isnt it flamenco? its flamenco lol

[shoobee101]

Fucking liar! sounds awesome though

[timothyrosen]

He isn't playing real flamenco because he right hand is not using the right technique. Everyone just stfu about it. Flamenco or not it sounds really cool!

[celtno1]

@timothyrosen Shut the fuck up, did he not explain at start of vid? get yourself to fuck you nonce.

[timothyrosen]

@celtno1 No fucking shit, I'm saying that because everyone else is like "That's totally flamenco". I fucking love Paul Gilbert you fuck and I wasn't saying anything bad about him. Learn to write English, your last sentence doesn't make sense.

[celtno1]

@timothyrosen My last sentence means...Errr, Go fuck yourself? You're a bit of a Tit really!!! eh? I can write perfect English, unlike yourself. What does your mean?? Mr perfect speller??

[timothyrosen]

@celtno1 Grow up. 

[faridzayish]

flamingo or flamenco ?

[matriosca74]

My dear Paul. Flamenco isn't for you....it's too much difficult! Come back to your rock guitar....you are considered a God; Let flamenco to Paco de Lucia!