Andy McKee - Shanghai - Guitar - www.candyrat. com

[Dukane93]

i would want to hear this with someone singin... but it wouldnt do that guitar justice

[EvanFingerstyle]

@Dukane93 Andy is already singing, and it's complete justice ^^

[MrOopee69]

1. Press play button

2. Close your eyes

3. Get to your mind

4. Be calm

I love his songs because it can be quiet for a moment<3

[malltease]

yo Ryan...right on man...some of the best guitar work i have ever heard...u any idea how BIG this man is in China...sells out 6 months worth of shows in no time at all

[hitman212]

Wooly Willy eat your heart out...

[joelyb2]

Man, I can't listen to the music over that beard.

[93MarcusH]

to me, there was no related videos on the right side on this video

[sortyfighter]

That's baby making music right there.

[caomei83]

Incredible melody and sense of rhythm.

[kroan49]

Wow this man is incredibly talented!

[Zephius]

You, sir, kick ass. Keep rocking the beard, too.

[LifePath100]

facial hair has no bearing on talent. he's great. And he probably doesn't give a crap if you think his beard don't look good

[TheFuckengland]

fuck shanghai

[infinitcode2]

@TheFuckengland fk u

[mytagisWVU69lolz]

@TheFuckengland Tell us how you really feel.

[narfdaddy]

music folk: i think that 2:21 is the best prepared dominant out of all the modern acoustic guitar music i've listened to (it may be hard to notice that no other outright dominant precedes it, despite the piece sounding great) :-D!! (yes, thats a beard haha)

[ahg337]

They should rename the dislike bar to the 'jealousy' bar

[DarkLionInteractive]

@ahg337 they should have a jealousy bar.... make it yellow..... I often find myself in a position where I don't like a masterpiece as much as I should simply because I am jealous

[ahg337]

@DarkLionInteractive That's a sad reason to not like a wonderful piece of music.

[channalDEyoungKEET]

BRING THE BEAR BACK...I MISS THE BEAR..WAHAHHA

[tsukayna]

this is my first take at this song :GO to sound cloud : soundcloud(dot)com/tsukayna .com/tsukayna for some reason i cant post links so i had to do ( ) <- that for the dot.

[Alarmclockoftruth]

you can tell just by his expressions, all the money, cars, women, and power in the world couldnt give him the happiness he gets from his music. andy you inspire me to keep on track with true happiness. mind over matter. thank you so much!

[celestialmehhh]

95 People lost their first born daughter in Shanghai

[JOEJOETHESUPER]

This is a guy that just gets it . Most people can practice night and day for years and never be able to do this. Different people are better at different things ...Andy Mckee just happens to be a gifted guitarist

[MK3VR6NZ]

Does anyone know where to get a decent Tab for this?

[JoshHilly1]

dude whether it was the beard or the brain that made this. It's amazing

[hellseeker2000]

Magnificent!

[jsdoddy]

10 fingers, 6 strings, yet he produces this ;o

[Hardcorelander]

@jsdoddy You're missing the most important thing... a brilliant mind :)

[MrGuk]

@jsdoddy Correction, 10 fingers, 6 strings, and the beard of a God.

[movingfrwrd]

guitar GOD

[aerust9702]

His music speaks to you. If you close your eyes & listen, you can hear his passion in the music & feel the words coming to you.

[flipthat100]

Our thourts creats our livs.

Live it weel you only got this one

[MrMarkpark]

So as it turns out I can't play even one single second of that. Oh well.

[woodshed42]

Washington could learn a lot from Andy McKee.

[ishydakid]

the 95 ppl who disliked this are family members and loved ones of ppl who passed on from his epicness...

[ThomasMon12]

all of his skill from masa sumide.....so he is not the one who reveal every guitar skill....

[jammanW]

Very True 10% would work...lol

[jammanW]

No words to describe how amazing Mckee is...Got to see him live..only if my guitar skills were half as good as his

[takeuchi40]

@jammanW - if only my guitar skills were 10% as good as his!

[RyanMcCurleyy]

I've shaken the hands that played this masterpiece. Suck on that interwebs.

[hsousa54]

@RyanMcCurleyy I gave you a thumbs up just because you referred to the youtube community as interewebs...well played sir....well played indeed.

[browiththehair]

@RyanMcCurleyy ditto, and my guitar is signed by him. just learned drifting on that very guitar, and im 16. ftw

[fredhelp2]

@browiththehair dude ive never met andy but i just learned drifting and i am also 16 its hard to play but its fun as hell!

[browiththehair]

@fredhelp2 dude i love playing it, like a whole new instrument. and great job man props to ya

[fredhelp2]

@browiththehair thnx

[TheNeoAndy]

@RyanMcCurleyy i only disliked you because i envy you XD luck douche haha

[RyanMcCurleyy]

@TheNeoAndy Ahahaha XD



[SeBi2221996]

@RyanMcCurleyy me to zürich 2011

[DaMariozz]

@RyanMcCurleyy I had one of the arms that played that masterpiece around my shoulder, and i have proof! :D

[mattdcs15CORK]

@RyanMcCurleyy Me too! Legend of a man!

[MrEducations]

@RyanMcCurleyy I shook this hand, Antoine Dufour's, and Stephen Bennett's all in under 10 seconds

[migbee]

@MrEducations soooo glad they went on tour! they were incredible together!

[stushoslo]

@RyanMcCurleyy I have too! He's seriously the nicest dude. Chatted with me for a couple minutes :)

[pinchosalcarbon]

@RyanMcCurleyy dont you ever wash that hand, please

[Trororo1]

@RyanMcCurleyy lucky bastard^

[aaawhan]

@RyanMcCurleyy luckey bastard

[aquatik13]

i love his beard and bald head. kinda upset he decided to clean up :/

[karaspana]

Que tecnica do caralho !

[TheJake3]

Am I the only one here who finds the music to be the main subject?

Why is everyone talking smack about his facial hair?

lol...

[shamirjuustafar]

@TheJake3 Ah, youtube people. I love you guys lol

[tubbyXnaruto]

@TheJake3 I say fuck 'em all anyway, that beard is the shit lol

[JohnofNub]

@TheJake3 Because the Internet is a retard magnet. Only look for what can help you develop as a human being, like this loving guy playing the guitar like a true virtuoso. To RyanMcCurleyy indeed you are a lucky man but gloating spoils your qualities and your chance to be a great person!

[photoDOOD53]

the facial hair comments are getting kinda lame, unlike the music

[clino82]

how is Andy Mckee not on the rolling stones top 100 guitarists of all time? think they made a huge mistake there!!

[metalrulezU]

@clino82 m8 thats not a guitar players list, rolling stone know fuck all about guitar lol anyways any guitarist or guitar player no matter how good or bad know that you couldn't possibly make a list of 100 greatest because theres to many amzing players in the world regardless of what they play being folk,blues,rock,metal its impossible I just appreciate the music :) 

[MySnowfox]

what's the joke here? :|

[Slingblade59701]

how are there people fighting on this video? thats like the Special Olympics, even if you win, youre still retarded..

[thiswasrigged1]

@Slingblade59701 Im not retarded. Neither is the one i was arguing with. The conversation has been ended. Chill out.

[Slingblade59701]

@thiswasrigged1 just sayin arguing on youtube regardless the circumstance only drains time from both peoples lives.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Slingblade59701 very true. but its over

[odcs2010]

to the two fucktards arguing over the internet. SHUT THE FUCK UP. you're ruining the multiple eargasms im having right now.

[thiswasrigged1]

@odcs2010 First of all, im not a fucktard. Second of all,i ended the conversation. So chill.

[Dvareckas]

bravo

[Zman200111]

Everyone stop the hate you're cluttering up the comment section on a beautiful song andy deserves better plz

[fear123freak]

@Zman200111 i agree that is what i wanted to post on another video but this droid is cracked.

[peachababa]

He is nature finger style not rocker bro he very good at his way :))))

[TheDistortionist]

Chuck Norris decided to play guitar one day. He goes by the stage name of Andy McKee.

[jacobjewpie]

GEORGE!

[rysskryssning]

I understand that this guy is really amazing and all, but what I really want to know is:

Will he blend?

[Pirilampoow]

Holly crap, this song make me feel so damn good!

[gonzaarock10]

nice!! check the best guitar solo on my channel!!

[bradfordlex]

94 people haven't been to Shanghai..>>

[Jmyster4]

@bradfordlex i could indeed state tht (most likely) 9 out of 10 people who are reading both yours and my comment, have not been to shanghai :P

[geetarxist]

nice

[JohnLawrenceCobraKai]

@ThePeeplet I'm sure you're one of them, faggot.

[MrDenisHorvat]

94 peolpe are stupid AND NOT HUMAN

[MegaNodachi]

wonder how many strings he goes through a week playing as awesome as this?

[cr4p3zd0m]

@MegaNodachi he's a genius in his craft.

[Raquaable]

Well I record shitty black metal (as a joke) and some weird techno metal fusion thing. it's lame. you should check it out.

[Slizgaczek]

Hey there

I just recorded "drifting" by Andy and upload there.

It will be nice if u check it.

Thumb up if u like :)

[thiswasrigged1]

Andy McKee is my favorite band. If that sounds incorrect, then listen to his music, cuz he sounds like a whole freakin' band!!!!!!!!

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

He's not a 'band'. He's a soloist. As in ONE guy.

You need more than one person to have a 'band'.

[Tokintilldeath]

@Numinous123 So wait... Someone goes so far as to explain that the comment is not literal, IN the fucking comment and you still feel compelled to correct them? Like they didn't know the difference between a band and a soloist? You're fucking retarded... like seriously do you have downs or did you get dropped as a child or are your parents like brother and sister or something? cause if its non of the above you have no excuse for being that stupid.

[Numinous123]

@Tokintilldeath

And there you go and prove you're an emotionally, and mentally insecure and unstable idiot.

Did you feel like you won something because you expressed your anger at my correction? I was trying to teach you something, and instead you act like a mentally imbalanced child.

You need to grow up. You go through life acting the way you do anytime anyone tries to teach you something you'll just wind up ignorant as hell.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 guys, lets not fight. just listen to the awesome music and watch the awesomeness eminate.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

I'm not the one acting like an immature idiot. Go to the source of the problem. Right now your targeting is way off.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 im not targeting anybody bro. im just saying lets not fight and just listen to this masterpiece. does that require fighting? i think not.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

Now you're just being ridiculous. You comment to someone three days later, after that here's been and exchange between me and an obnoxious guy in 4, then act as if there is some ongoing feud between me in him when all I did was correct the kid nearly a week ago, after he acted like in insulting, insecure jackass.

Then you try to paint me as the bad guy?

What is wrong with you? Seriously?

Don't pretend you're a peacemaker while causing trouble at the same time. Grow up.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 Listen dude. If u honestly think that I was painting u as the "bad" guy, then my targeting isnt the thing thats off, Its your interpretation, because I thought that u seemed like a mature enough person to handle a friendly suggestion. Im thinking the one who needs to grow up is you, I'm not trying to be rude, but you've been rather rude to me for no reason. IDK, but to me, that seems pretty childish. BTW, do you enjoy listening to Andy McKee, or just getting into petty arguments?

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

And... yet you're still rambling on, trying to justify your obnoxious behavior. Grow up man. Seriously.

And stop stirring up trouble. You're the kind of guy that would try to turn a verbal disagreement into a fistfight. Then claim he was just trying to act like the peacekeeper. What's more, you know this, that's why you're trying so hard to justify what you're doing.

Not cool. Not cool at all. You need to take a good look at yourself.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 If u think that I'm going to up and curse at you for being absolutely and utterly disrespectful to me, you are absolutely wrong, because of the simple fact that I have way more self control than that. Although cursing at you would be completely satisfying, I'm not like all the other uneducated people who come back with unintelligent and vulgar responses.

All I have to say is this, I honestly wasn't even targeting you in the first place. I just forgot to comment to Tokintilldeath.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

Stop trying to instigate a fight. Seriously... how old are you? What are you some bitter, immature child, with nothing better to do than to try to start, and exacerbate fights on the net because of some lack of self worth?

You're a classic case of internet rage. Someone who would never act this way in public, but the anonymity of the internet lets your inner obnoxious brat come out. Grow up. You're making yourself look like a fool.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

To sum up everything I'm trying to tell you: Please shut up, you obnoxious, trouble-making, immature, jackass.

Let the people enjoy the video. They have better things to do than read the comments of some childish goofball. How miserable are you that you feel compelled to behave this way?

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 Numinous123, dont reply to this comment, because i am sick and tired of the things that come out of your mouth that are trying to make people think im a bad guy. Im a good guy. I am by no means trying to start a fight. You just think i am. I want people to enjoy this video as much as I did and still do. Seriously. And again, please dont reply to this. And again, Awesome song Andy.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

Too bad. It's time you learned to shut up and stop instigating fights on the net. You're the one who came out looking like a fool in all this.

Take a good look at yourself and learn to control your urge to start trouble with people in an attempt to make yourself look like 'the good guy', when all you are is a jerk who likes to pick fights.

Grow up. Without a doubt, you are the bad guy here.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 Dude. The conversation is over with. Neither of us is the bad guy. Maybe we both need to learn to shut up and stop instigating. Thats it. Enough said. Now lets drop it and leave it alone.

[Numinous123]

@thiswasrigged1

Really? You're finally getting that now? Better late than never.

Thank you for finally understanding the worlds I've been writing to you. English is wonderful.

Listen to the music. Enjoy it. No internet ranting.

[thiswasrigged1]

@Numinous123 Thank u. I will always enjoy it. U too.

[dylan96unearth]

This is called Shanghai because that's where he wrote it :)

[GuitarMagicer]

the last chord.. wuuh..



[AlfredoBoylando]

those who dislike Andy dislike themselves and dislike music

[SteveAndreww]

His hair wanted to get closer to the music so it only started to grow on his face.

[mangacrazy07]

@SteveAndreww

oh look its this comment again. fuck off.

[ghostdancer1984]

@SteveAndreww lol....i know that's right.

[hipity]

Ratio of quality of music v. difficulty of play is really high. His songs aren't impossible, just difficult.

[laughcauseImfunny]

Someone hacked into Gods ipod and stole this song......

[angusrokks1]

that is 1 weird tuning

[Jordanblake2012]

thats pretty good, but can you play smoke on the water?

[xander0713]

@Jordanblake2012 hahaha this is the funniest comment i've ever read

[snoopie0420]

@Jordanblake2012 stupid question smoke on the water is like the first song almost everyone learns theres smoke on the water and stairway to heaven

[Jordanblake2012]

@snoopie0420 thank you captain obvious

[snoopie0420]

@Jordanblake2012 dont ask obviously stupid questions if you dont want obviously stupid answers dildo

[snoopie0420]

@Zman200111 people who dont actually play guitart learn the main riff seeing as you think that is all people do you must be a nood that jsut learns the catchy riffs of songs. and that still doesnt change the fact that you asked a obvious question and got a obvious response so dont start trying to change the subject.and if somone can do stairway to heaven the can do smoke on the water no problem lets hear your next desperate attempt to defend yourself after i pointed out your moronic flaws

[snoopie0420]

@Zman200111 ya im sure you looked up an event in your town and told me the date knowing i most likly live no where near you to go to the event. and i think its sad when douche bags like you talk shit about being on youtube while you are currently using it yourself.

[someperson1001]

@snoopie0420 It's a joke dude. Calm your nuts.

[fear123freak]

@Jordanblake2012 who cant play smoke on the water?

[LittleRyanBlackRiver]

@Jordanblake2012 i wish i could play smoke on the water

[redswolf]

@Jordanblake2012 Didn't understand... If he can play this... he can play smoke on the water...

[VIIZEROIIV]

@redswolf Its a joke you fool :')

[redswolf]

@VIIZEROIIV Oh Lol, ty. Still didn't understand the reason for the creation of the joke, that's what I wanted to know, ty anyway.

[ILLxElectrikz99]

@Jordanblake2012 nope smoke on the water plays him <3

[coheed0211]

@ILLxElectrikz99

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

[ILLxElectrikz99]

@coheed0211 well sure it does! :)

[coheed0211]

@ILLxElectrikz99

Not even a little bit.

[RedAdrenalina]

94 people saw the tab

[RoosTERILLuzzion]

:o

[Fendertastic]

4:06

Look at that sorrowful understanding on Andy's face... This man truly understands music. FUCK.

[Tokintilldeath]

@Fendertastic punctuationg something as meaningful as what you said with a word as meaningless and vulgar defeats the purpose and makes you sound like a douche... no offense just saying..

[Fendertastic]

@Tokintilldeath Get the fuck out of here.

[TheDJHyer]

The sound that will purify the Universe.

[CarbonRainMaker]

Music = evolved

Every guitarist who watches this is quaking in his boots, because he knows that pretty soon we're all gonna lose our jobs 'cause of this guy.

and I'm kinda happy.

[Fendertastic]

@CarbonRainMaker I couldn't have put it better myself. Artists like Andy McKee, Steve Vai, THEY are evolving music...

[tonres09]

FUCK YES ... my fave forever. almost done learning it-th

[sukitta2]

shit, the guy is great. Brb, gonna practice a little bit...

[eddiepaynter3]

i tell ya' what, whoever disliked it can go throw thereself somewhere of a clift, cause this is amazing.

[marshalcraft]

awesome but why is it called shanghai

[ScabzNScarz]

@marshalcraft he wrote the song when he was in shanghai.

[MaxRunham]

@marshalcraft his dad had a boat called shanghai when he was a kid which is where he first learnt to play guitar.

[shurleyclayton27]

@MaxRunham I thought he was in China when he wrote this song...? On some sort of retreat thing? I thought I heard him talk about it in a live performance video?

[MaxRunham]

@shurleyclayton27 Yeah he wrote it in China but the song is about his dad's boat where he first played.

[MrFaulconbridge]

@shurleyclayton27 MaxRunham is lying you to. its not about a boat at all.

[shurleyclayton27]

@MrFaulconbridge I knew it. lol

[marshalcraft]

awsome but why is it called shanghi

[92something]

wait did he write all these songs himself??

[Guitarlover762]

@92something yes he did...i swear he was sent down from heaven to let us all enjoy this beautiful music XD

[MrFaulconbridge]

@92something Yeah, pretty much. And thats where the true skill comes in guitar. The ability to write good music. Anyone can learn someone elses song with repetition, but can they write a heart touching song?

[laughcauseImfunny]

I heard once that andys fingers are actually worms

[MultiCasinoRoyale1]

@laughcauseImfunny hahahahahahahha xDDDDDDDD

[whogivesashit8]

i thinkk hes jesus o.0