If you want to see pure joy, watch Shankar's performance at the end of the "Monterey Pop" movie. It is transcendent, and the audience responds with an outburst of love. The same accompanists are with him that are shown here (the tabla player is amazing).
@EnokiF Yes. George Harrison had an extensive life study of transcendental meditation and he learned sitar techniques from Ravi Shenkar. Shenkar's music can be heard hand in hand with Harrison's on the album "Concerts for Bangladesh."
Yes, it's George Harrison. Without George, Ravi Shankar wouldn't have been invited to most places in the West. His friendship with George was his golden ticket.
@ysmzaika Best does not mean fast if you look in a dick..dick.. all music should be from the heart first of all. and he plays from the heart.. he has never made it a competition... so why do listeners make a peice of music into a whos the fastest/ flashiest/ comp? just enjoy your music - and if you dislike someone elses music then simply turn it off.. dont dis it just cos it doesnt float your boat.. V man
@ysmzaika Yeah right....sure....sure....sure!!!!!!!!! Are you crazy? Ravi Shankar could play rings around Alla Rakha. Alla Rakha himself has said that he learned a lot by playing with Ravi Shankar
Ravi is now 91 his daughter is American singer songwriter Norah Jones his other daughter is Anoushka, it amazed me how he got married at 11 to a 14 year old girl and became a father at 12 before he had Anoushka and Norah
@LeahJane1995 umm check your resources. that is false information.... he was born 1920, got married in 1941, had first son in 1942, then affair with sure jones in 79 to lead to birth of norah jones.... duh...
@asskickatron All those who play in the Vilayat Khan style (many mentioned by ysmzaika - with all due respect to that user) are certainly great, but I prefer Nikhil Banerjee. Ravi Shankar is like the Eddie Van Halen of Sitar. Nikhil Banerjee is like the David Gilmour of sitar.
@misterbarroso Yeah Nikhil is probably my favorite sitarist, then Ravi and Vilayat by a close string. It's pretty sick though because Allaudin Khan told Nikhil " I will channelize you in a different way than Ravi, there will be no similarities" which gave me goosebumps of joy
@ysmzaika are you to be taken seriously? look. what you are doing is equal to me comparing mario andretti's driving to Van Gogh's painting. please!! thing73vw remove the comments that soil this page with low intelligence, they cannot understand here today.
Bloody hell! I've known R. Shankar's music for 8 years, but I've just watched this video for the first time... and I've realized that he is the one who actually invented the bass slap technique: you can see some form of this style towards the end of the video. Bass slap comes from India!!!
Bloody hell! I've known R. Shankar's music for 8 years, but I've just watched this video for the first time... and I've realized that he is the one who actually invented the bass slap technique: you can see some form of this style towards the end of the video. Bass slap come s from India!!!
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
@SteelerEagleFan the drums here are actually called 'TABLA'.he is equally fantastic.now his son who is a tabla player too is also a great tabla player.watch out for some more ravi shankar videos and you will know
@Dzongka - Sorry, but just letting you know that you are being rather uptight and defensive. Relax a little bit and stop being offended by 'profane' references to something like marijuana. Who appointed you the guardian of all Indian music?? Music is a subjective experience and not yours so stop with the 'our music' talk. And please, no offense, but people all over India drink bhang (cannabis mixture) on important religious holidays like Holi. Shanti.
@SaturnPattern mate you can acctually go to a college in london and there is a 4 year course to learn to play either the sitar or the tabla drums i myself learned to play the sitar but only from short tutorials and indian music events which as you gathered is the hardest way to learn xD
@2takte That's actually really offensive. It would be nice if people stopped associating our 3000 year-old music tradition (which we see as being sacred) with something so profane as marijuana. Sorry, just letting you know that our music has absolutely nothing to do with your drug use/abuse.
@reiqaiel...when indian folks shake their head it's in response to the music. It's cultural. It's a compliment to the soloist. It can't really be explained. You must go and watch many music concerts and see the context in which it is done. then you'll get it.
Good lord folks if you don't like the music take your inane comments and write your book of all the things you just have to critique! that you feel is not correct and leave the rest of we who are not as enlightened as you to enjoy. God what backwater swamp do you people come from!!
@nakedBison69 It is sad that a person like yourself with diminished mental capacity has to insult someone that they do not know. You should ask your psychiatrist to increase your meds as they are not achieving the desired results.
itdoesntmatter56789's pathetic, diminished mental capacity insults those he does not know. itdoesntmatter45689 should ask his psychiatrist to increase his meds as they are not achieving the desired results
@ahrendorff Her instrument isn't integral in the performance. " Both in its musical function and how it works, the tambura is unique in many ways. It does not partake in the melodic part of the music but it supports and sustains the melody by providing a colourful and dynamic harmonic resonance field based on one precise tone, the basic note or key-note" From wiki
@msterre yus it is Ravi Shankar showed George how to play the sitar properly cause he only had little experiance with it when he was shown it in Help the movie plus George was a big fan of him
I see occasional references to life without Mr. Shankar's touch. No cause to contemplate life without him at present because he is very much alive and still sharing his inspiration through his music.
While his musical talent is very enjoyable,try listening to his daughter's music" Norah Jones".She has so much talent as well and such a beautiful voice...
@QueWaNe - I have been listening to a lot of his songs, and probably this is not a specific one, doesn't sound like that for me. But in Raga: Jhinjhoti people can hear something at the end that sounds really like a passage which lies when the tabla - here also - "repeats" what the sitar did before, like both in a tennis game. Hahuahuha!
He has got arguably one of the greatest ever Tabla players Allah Rakha sitting next to him too. Who, in or fairness should of been introduced as well.
when Indians shake their head it's because they approve and enjoy, not like here in the US where it's the opposite. Shankar is one of the greatest artists in the world.
People, this is so energetic! Feel the whole progression, the amazing rhythms guides both by Shankar's sitar and Alla Rakha's from 2:46 to 2:54, introducing a new way to guide the music wich will become even greater from 3:17 to 3:37! In 3:51, I don't think that anyone can expect at first listen what the tabla is about to do until 3:54! Incredibly, who listens carefuly to it will feel the absence of the lower sound, but the highers are so high onto 4:16! Oh, and 4:21 to 4:31 is so synchronized!
ravi shankar!!! what a legend
14GREENIE 2 days ago
George harrisooooooon :D
KresnaWidya23 4 days ago
this paki music is alright
orbital92hotmail 1 week ago
O, hi George. Somebody forgot putting you in the discription.
Mariannevanaperen 1 week ago
If you want to see pure joy, watch Shankar's performance at the end of the "Monterey Pop" movie. It is transcendent, and the audience responds with an outburst of love. The same accompanists are with him that are shown here (the tabla player is amazing).
Babaziba 2 weeks ago
this looks so hard to play... what kind of instrument is this? a sitar?
DarkFacet 3 weeks ago
@DarkFacet
no, a banjo.
ctmck1492 2 weeks ago
@DarkFacet yeah a sitar
dibyajyoti92 2 weeks ago
@DarkFacet It's a bass guitar
skinnerplaysdrums 1 week ago
With a Hindu lifestyle and western healthcare you could live for years.
AnthemsToTheWelkin 3 weeks ago 13
is that george harrison in the beginning?
EnokiF 3 weeks ago
@EnokiF Yes. George Harrison had an extensive life study of transcendental meditation and he learned sitar techniques from Ravi Shenkar. Shenkar's music can be heard hand in hand with Harrison's on the album "Concerts for Bangladesh."
carymeout 2 weeks ago
he's GOD :O
1307wicca 1 month ago
Yes, it's George Harrison. Without George, Ravi Shankar wouldn't have been invited to most places in the West. His friendship with George was his golden ticket.
superman11978 1 month ago
@superman11978 his playing ability was his golden ticket, its what brought harrison to study with him
sabint123 1 month ago
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MrBlueSkyMrNight 1 month ago
Krishnacore
Arrivald 1 month ago 3
such a nice piece
MrSitar333 1 month ago
he did ;lsd?
faridjabba 1 month ago in playlist altered perception
a great man right here one of thes greatest asians of all times
Swansoni333 1 month ago
@Swansoni333 someone may have already said this but he's indian..... not asian.
Xitlalic 1 month ago
@Xitlalic India is considered to be part of Asia
ircimager 4 weeks ago
Ravi Shankar is a legend!
IsmailaGodHasHeard1 1 month ago
did anybody else notice george harrison in the beginning of the vid
SKATERonFIRE210 1 month ago
@ysmzaika Best does not mean fast if you look in a dick..dick.. all music should be from the heart first of all. and he plays from the heart.. he has never made it a competition... so why do listeners make a peice of music into a whos the fastest/ flashiest/ comp? just enjoy your music - and if you dislike someone elses music then simply turn it off.. dont dis it just cos it doesnt float your boat.. V man
251dog 2 months ago
How can you not like this music this will take a person up into space quicker than pink floyd can.
MrPinkfloydfan420 2 months ago
Excellent except for the speed up
Gogluism 2 months ago
@Gogluism I don't think that's sped up...
EctInc 1 month ago
The man is a god!!
TheRaysSixString 2 months ago
@ysmzaika Music is a misson, not a competition, remember that.
jensbond93 2 months ago
@ysmzaika Name one fact lol! they are just jealous, don't listen to those losers just listen to Ravijee
shahanakannada 2 months ago
Ravi Shankar is the emperor of the Sitar. ALL sitar players of this century cannot escape his influence. The father of the sitar period.
Before him the sitar was not a famous instrument. He is the one who brought it to light. Nobody comes close to playing like him.
shahanakannada 2 months ago
Nobody compares to Ravi as a musician. Nobody.
SubieRon 2 months ago
Travis Barker is a better drummers than this guy
ryjawh 2 months ago
@ryjawh nice try.
OlyDave 2 months ago
@OlyDave Seems to have worked lol.
ryjawh 2 months ago
God this is amazing.
BnHwrd 2 months ago
woah
RedChilliGod 2 months ago
Awesome !! His daughter plays the same piece,truly superb!!!
gonnabaroberts 3 months ago
@ysmzaika i'm interested in some links to sitar players who actually are considered top 100. I like the sitar.
wallofdolls 3 months ago
Holy shit!
Thats great stuff !!!
qminusis 3 months ago
@ysmzaika Yeah right....sure....sure....sure!!!!!!!!! Are you crazy? Ravi Shankar could play rings around Alla Rakha. Alla Rakha himself has said that he learned a lot by playing with Ravi Shankar
shahanakannada 3 months ago
Ravi is now 91 his daughter is American singer songwriter Norah Jones his other daughter is Anoushka, it amazed me how he got married at 11 to a 14 year old girl and became a father at 12 before he had Anoushka and Norah
LeahJane1995 3 months ago 15
@LeahJane1995
He was 21 and not 11 ...
atrahasis34 3 months ago
@LeahJane1995 umm check your resources. that is false information.... he was born 1920, got married in 1941, had first son in 1942, then affair with sure jones in 79 to lead to birth of norah jones.... duh...
minorthreatmikey 2 months ago
@LeahJane1995 oh my r u kidding!..i didnt know tat.
rajinirulez 2 months ago
@LeahJane1995 so, different cultures and systems are not all that bad???
wryguy444 3 weeks ago
@LeahJane1995 : Pandit Ravi Shankar got married to Annapurna Devi (Roshanara Khan) at the age of 21 and not 11 :)
revanthkgupta 3 weeks ago
@LeahJane1995 91!? shit i never knew...
andrew19vato 2 weeks ago
@LeahJane1995
He did not marry at the age of 11..it's 21 not 11...
KINGMJ1990 1 week ago
Just saw him last night at Davies in SF, awesome show as always Ravi!
islandsound 3 months ago
@islandsound hes dead...
shcaudill 3 months ago
Citara cm n há melhor
134dt 3 months ago
He is AMAZING! :D
H4mmerofD4wn 3 months ago
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@ysmzaika here is the vilayat khan recording I was telling you about from 1968 I believe watch?v=RPPsdhN5khs starting at the 8-9 minute mark
asskickatron 4 months ago
@ysmzaika here is the vilayat khan recording I was telling you about from 1968 I believe watch?v=RPPsdhN5khs starting at the 8-9 minute mark
asskickatron 4 months ago
@ysmzaika What are some more hindustani classical sitar players better than Ravi? I don't know of many
asskickatron 4 months ago
@asskickatron All those who play in the Vilayat Khan style (many mentioned by ysmzaika - with all due respect to that user) are certainly great, but I prefer Nikhil Banerjee. Ravi Shankar is like the Eddie Van Halen of Sitar. Nikhil Banerjee is like the David Gilmour of sitar.
misterbarroso 3 months ago
@misterbarroso Yeah Nikhil is probably my favorite sitarist, then Ravi and Vilayat by a close string. It's pretty sick though because Allaudin Khan told Nikhil " I will channelize you in a different way than Ravi, there will be no similarities" which gave me goosebumps of joy
asskickatron 3 months ago
@ysmzaika are you to be taken seriously? look. what you are doing is equal to me comparing mario andretti's driving to Van Gogh's painting. please!! thing73vw remove the comments that soil this page with low intelligence, they cannot understand here today.
muddack 4 months ago
what happened at 2:36
freedybox 4 months ago
@freedybox What did you see?
dooalittledippsy 4 months ago
@dooalittledippsy no i meant that i heard a noise that sounded like strings of the sitar breaking
freedybox 4 months ago
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@dooalittledippsy no i meant that i heard a noise that sounded like strings of the sitar breaking
freedybox 4 months ago
Ravi Shankar sure is the Indian equivalent of Robert Johnson
lorax121323 4 months ago
... time signature?
SuperMegaPeanut 4 months ago
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Bloody hell! I've known R. Shankar's music for 8 years, but I've just watched this video for the first time... and I've realized that he is the one who actually invented the bass slap technique: you can see some form of this style towards the end of the video. Bass slap comes from India!!!
atomkraft69 4 months ago
Bloody hell! I've known R. Shankar's music for 8 years, but I've just watched this video for the first time... and I've realized that he is the one who actually invented the bass slap technique: you can see some form of this style towards the end of the video. Bass slap come s from India!!!
atomkraft69 4 months ago
Indian Eddie van hallen!
nfsankit 4 months ago 31
@nfsankit fuck you
CaptainSandwitch 2 months ago
@CaptainSandwitch wtf?
nfsankit 2 months ago
@nfsankit EDDIE VAN HALEN IS AMERICAN RAVISHANKAR!
anamolpoudyal 2 months ago 3
@anamolpoudyal HAHAHA! Right!
AnthemsToTheWelkin 1 month ago
@anamolpoudyal no, sir. It is Mister James Marshall Hendrix. Or maybe he is MAerican Paganini. I mean Mr hendrix
wryguy444 3 weeks ago
so so true
MrSitar333 1 month ago
George Harrison liked Hare Krishna's. I suppose he loved Indian music as well.
austinsemeta 4 months ago
it seemed like the drummer was trying to keep up with Ravi Shankar lol
SteelerEagleFan 4 months ago
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
muddack 4 months ago
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@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
muddack 4 months ago
@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
muddack 4 months ago
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@SteelerEagleFan not at all that is Allh Rakka the equally as great Tabla master of India. they are doing an improvisation and they play off each other and Ravi is the more dominant melodic instrument. the drums are actually tuned to notes, and the drums are a more skeletal instrument. if you watch Ravi shankar at Monterey Pop Festival you will see some amazing call and response by these 2 masters. Side note Zakir Hussein is Allah Rakka's son. Peace!! :)
muddack 4 months ago
@SteelerEagleFan the drums here are actually called 'TABLA'.he is equally fantastic.now his son who is a tabla player too is also a great tabla player.watch out for some more ravi shankar videos and you will know
jack453674 4 months ago
amazing musician
thanks for sharing
this vid
pornis90 4 months ago
i was gonna go see him in dc in march, but he was sick so i never got to see him. too bad cuz hes a genius
zildjiandrummer1 4 months ago
Ravi Shankar is 91 now. He has been playing music since 1939. How awesome is that?
Side note: the guy playing the tabla is Alla Rakkah. He frequently accompanied Shankar during his life.
adonutstar 4 months ago
what is that woman playing?
buulMusic 4 months ago
@buulMusic Its a tambura
SubaUba 4 months ago
I am Indian and dzongka is just being a bitch and marijuana is sacred on its own right, not profane.
daljin1991 4 months ago
@Dzongka - Sorry, but just letting you know that you are being rather uptight and defensive. Relax a little bit and stop being offended by 'profane' references to something like marijuana. Who appointed you the guardian of all Indian music?? Music is a subjective experience and not yours so stop with the 'our music' talk. And please, no offense, but people all over India drink bhang (cannabis mixture) on important religious holidays like Holi. Shanti.
doctorzais1 5 months ago
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doctorzais1 5 months ago
what is that the girl is playing ?
PeaceEagle72 5 months ago
@PeaceEagle72 It's called a "tambura"; it's an Indian instrument used for a droning sound.
Dzongka 5 months ago
Masters of the up-beat.
drumman9021 5 months ago
Boody awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing!
zanchito 5 months ago
@SaturnPattern mate you can acctually go to a college in london and there is a 4 year course to learn to play either the sitar or the tabla drums i myself learned to play the sitar but only from short tutorials and indian music events which as you gathered is the hardest way to learn xD
kenco124 5 months ago
This is eddie van halen worthy
94GuitarLord 5 months ago
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0:32 reminds me of Courage the cowardly dog
dimovskigoran 5 months ago
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dimovskigoran 5 months ago
I hate the instrument in the background that the girl is playing. Seems to throw the whole rhythm off.
EBeBIG 5 months ago
Sorry, I'm just ashamed that my race didn't go anywhere with music. Music's really important to me.
NinetiesYouth 5 months ago
76 dislikes? wtf?
groovo1 5 months ago
where´s my bong?
2takte 5 months ago
@2takte That's actually really offensive. It would be nice if people stopped associating our 3000 year-old music tradition (which we see as being sacred) with something so profane as marijuana. Sorry, just letting you know that our music has absolutely nothing to do with your drug use/abuse.
Dzongka 5 months ago
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saazmusicals 5 months ago
yay
wisconnyjohnny 5 months ago
@reiqaiel...when indian folks shake their head it's in response to the music. It's cultural. It's a compliment to the soloist. It can't really be explained. You must go and watch many music concerts and see the context in which it is done. then you'll get it.
affluent111 5 months ago
This is truly awesome. In every sense of the word.
TheGreatStonedOne 5 months ago
Hard to believe that Norah Jones is his daughter.
MargeSimpson20 5 months ago
@MargeSimpson20 NO IT'S NOT
Schaeferbeermister 5 months ago
Respond to this video...
NO IT'S NOT.
Schaeferbeermister 5 months ago
Sorry, it was Annoushka...
kallejesus 5 months ago
I think Lakshmi is supporting...
kallejesus 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar would rape a guitar in half
barkat316 6 months ago
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE RAAG IS?(or raga idunnoooo)i LOVE this one THE MOST for so long timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
voodoochile68686 6 months ago
RINGO STARR-BEATLES- IS ON START
coyalino 6 months ago
Love Ravi, and his Sitar !
salawa03 6 months ago
this song's like sex, I don't want to stop listening to it nor to press the pause at any moment till it's done...
I get high just by listening to it
Ravi da man!
TheBadBoySyndrome 6 months ago
Indian music time signatures are insane...they are really almost impossible...btw, most people use an electric tamboura now....
chunter5100 6 months ago
Good lord folks if you don't like the music take your inane comments and write your book of all the things you just have to critique! that you feel is not correct and leave the rest of we who are not as enlightened as you to enjoy. God what backwater swamp do you people come from!!
itdoesntmatter56789 6 months ago
inane itdoesntmatter56789 comes from a backwater swamp
nakedBison69 5 months ago
@nakedBison69 It is sad that a person like yourself with diminished mental capacity has to insult someone that they do not know. You should ask your psychiatrist to increase your meds as they are not achieving the desired results.
itdoesntmatter56789 5 months ago
itdoesntmatter56789's pathetic, diminished mental capacity insults those he does not know. itdoesntmatter45689 should ask his psychiatrist to increase his meds as they are not achieving the desired results
nakedBison69 5 months ago
@ahrendorff Her instrument isn't integral in the performance. " Both in its musical function and how it works, the tambura is unique in many ways. It does not partake in the melodic part of the music but it supports and sustains the melody by providing a colourful and dynamic harmonic resonance field based on one precise tone, the basic note or key-note" From wiki
Chiravuri43 6 months ago
why they never show the woman on the right?
ahrendorff 6 months ago
Is that George Harrison ?
msterre 6 months ago 40
@msterre yes it is
swanski100 6 months ago
yes it is
nakedBison69 5 months ago
@msterre Of course not silly. It's Ringo!
behenkabhai 5 months ago
@msterre yus it is Ravi Shankar showed George how to play the sitar properly cause he only had little experiance with it when he was shown it in Help the movie plus George was a big fan of him
kenco124 5 months ago
@msterre yep
baconstealer1 5 months ago
@msterre yes it wass :D
thecokerjacobd 5 months ago
@msterre affirmative on George Harrison hes the one who brought them! I've never seen this clip. Amazing.
gouldenshow 4 months ago
@msterre of course, Shankar gave some sitar lesson to Harrison :)
MrGabrielered 4 months ago
@msterre YES
NatesRockMusic 4 months ago
@msterre Yes
Edellakavija 4 months ago
@msterre you are blind..
134dt 4 months ago
@msterre Why yes it is
Kaneownzu 3 months ago
@msterre YES!
beatle608 3 months ago
@msterre no its paul lennon
urzathehappy72 3 months ago
MAKE STATUES TO THIS 2 MANS
tks
Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha
samuelcatalao11 6 months ago 2
OMG
WOW
chilling
tks Ravi
samuelcatalao11 6 months ago
Derives drom the soul!
Jimlead 6 months ago
GEORGE!!!! :D
FredFan123100 6 months ago
0:04 on the left.... Jesuchrist? :s
asociaciontengoku 6 months ago
WOw OWwowowowoww.
pandpinjapan 6 months ago
I see occasional references to life without Mr. Shankar's touch. No cause to contemplate life without him at present because he is very much alive and still sharing his inspiration through his music.
dsjmain 6 months ago 6
music at it's finest. this makes me smile. :D
kennethfairclough 7 months ago
Roy: WOW! NOW THATS A GUITAR!
PastaCheifFilms 7 months ago
its a joke right? because you posses music not it you.
TheBlindPig1 7 months ago
Is this a pre recorded? or is he flowing. SH im awaiting my princes arrival.
TheBlindPig1 7 months ago
@TheBlindPig1 are you kidding me?? music is a drug bro
prathik728 7 months ago
this would sound like shred metal if they added a bit of distortion!!!
amazing musicians...the percussionist was so tight!
assasinator1980 7 months ago
Straight up beast.
MrMagickoala 7 months ago
While his musical talent is very enjoyable,try listening to his daughter's music" Norah Jones".She has so much talent as well and such a beautiful voice...
osiyo43 7 months ago
George Harrison!!!!!!!!!!
degree7 7 months ago 2
What's the name of this song?
QueWaNe 7 months ago
@QueWaNe - I have been listening to a lot of his songs, and probably this is not a specific one, doesn't sound like that for me. But in Raga: Jhinjhoti people can hear something at the end that sounds really like a passage which lies when the tabla - here also - "repeats" what the sitar did before, like both in a tennis game. Hahuahuha!
Symbiont4 7 months ago
@Symbiont4 I love that part :D
QueWaNe 7 months ago
@QueWaNe I think it's just improvised.
If I'm not wrong it's called an Indian Raga.
pipon55 7 months ago
@pipon55 I think I actually found which one it is. I think it's Gat Kirwani
QueWaNe 7 months ago
i kept waiting for it to burst into flames....
way2faded 7 months ago
Somebody should invent an electric sitar!
getback9691 7 months ago
must take 2 hours to tune a sitar. hahaa
gfreeman247 7 months ago
Mr.Ravi Shankar, thank you for producing Norah Jones
LuluHeeNim 7 months ago
He has got arguably one of the greatest ever Tabla players Allah Rakha sitting next to him too. Who, in or fairness should of been introduced as well.
palendromebob 8 months ago 3
@jjahastings
when Indians shake their head it's because they approve and enjoy, not like here in the US where it's the opposite. Shankar is one of the greatest artists in the world.
greginla 8 months ago
Ravi shankar..... The steve vai of the sitar.
airtrecksora333 8 months ago
Man! Ravi Shankar just played the Shit out of that Sitar, he made that thing his bitch!!!
BudtheMainah 8 months ago
His foot's got a mind of it's own!
Doorknob266 8 months ago
Wow... *__*
KaliSyl 8 months ago
And the award for the most annoying instrument goes to.....
trilinkhero1 8 months ago
imagine what he could do to a guitar
rabinsays 8 months ago
People, this is so energetic! Feel the whole progression, the amazing rhythms guides both by Shankar's sitar and Alla Rakha's from 2:46 to 2:54, introducing a new way to guide the music wich will become even greater from 3:17 to 3:37! In 3:51, I don't think that anyone can expect at first listen what the tabla is about to do until 3:54! Incredibly, who listens carefuly to it will feel the absence of the lower sound, but the highers are so high onto 4:16! Oh, and 4:21 to 4:31 is so synchronized!
Symbiont4 8 months ago 2
Man,those drum things (don't know what they are called)
are amazing.
ranbrent 8 months ago
@ranbrent They are called tabla, one of the most used musical instruments in Indian classical music.
anshuman0001 8 months ago
@anshuman0001 Thanks.
ranbrent 8 months ago
1:04 You think you're all that Ravi Shankar.... but you're not...
(yes, yes he is...)
alsharpton666 8 months ago
i dont get the structure of this, not that i care.. its just like wtf
leonrichardson36 8 months ago
I started head-banging after 4:12......sounded so metal.
Taboo160193 8 months ago 41