Nice clip! Keith's powerful chords are everywhere, but especially on Honky Tonk Women. This was released on 4 July 1969. Apollo 11 made the first ever manned landing on the moon 16 days later on 20 July 1969. What a month for human achievement! See a cover of Honky Tonk Women at: loosecovers.blogspot.com
I was lucky enough to work with him on his talk is cheap album as an engineer, he gave me a brief lesson too, hwe told me to "hold a note as long as you can and see how good it starts to sound". Lovely man, very kind and generous. the best days of my career.
@ptij0404 ..who has written songs that have made him a bazillionaire. Any run of the mill fucknut kid hanging out at a Guitar Center in Buttfuck, Iowa can shred. Let's see them write "Wild Horses" or "Beast of Burden."
@ptij0404 You left out one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Oh and a million times better than you ever will be in your wildest wet dreams.
he's an incredible guitarist, a unique personality in rock history, his creativity and passion make him one of the greatest musicians out there , even if technically he is not as good as others.
Keith may not be the most technically proficient virtuoso but he sure wrote some great music. You can see all the wannabes immitate him on youtube and at your local open mike night.
@rollingstopp So its all about the money eh! The ignorant dumb masses will buy any old piece of shit - that is all the Stones have shown us since Tattoo You. Over 30 yrs of limp garbage from the band - although its not bad as Claptons 42 yrs of crap.
Keith has the greatest rhythm feeling of all guitarplayers I can think of. And he wrote at least 20 or 30 classic guitar riffs. Or listen to his beautiful intro's on acoustic guitar: Play with fire, As tears go by, Lady Jane, Angie. Nobody plays guitar like Keith Richards. He is a true legend.
Not only is Keith Richards a great guitarist & performer, but he's a brilliant song writer too. & I like the fact that he's gratious enough to pay homage to his great predecessors like Robert Johnson. I'd take lessons from Keith, guitar or whatever..
@Bummpis you could go on with the list of guitarist he inspired. It's fair to say he inspired most of the great blues/rock guitarists like Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Richards, Peter Green, Jack White and many others
@Jagermeister196 I would be proud too! Gotta love that man... he is THE Man! He's pretty f****** great. Like he said... Robert Johnson's great too. LOL
@19KeithRichards43 Yes it did! Great stuff if you ask me. Robert Johnson's amazing. What makes him even more amazing is that he inspires Keith Richards!!
I HATE hearing people putting down Keith Richards. Is he "technically" the greatest guitar player ever? Well no. But what does that have to do with anything? His feel is amazing and that's something you can't teach somebody. I'd rather hear Elvis strum the intro to "That's All Right Mama" from 1954 than listen to somebody shred. It's a feel thing and you either got it or you don't.
@jdmyerscountry I agree, feel is everything is music. For example, Elvis wasn't a technically great guitar player, but his guitar playing has a feel that was unique. Elvis' playing on his '68 Comeback Special is something else. Keith Richards is the king of guitar riffs. He is the best ever at coming up with the riffs.
@jdmyerscountry Is Keith the best "technically"? Well, the real question is name me another guitar player that has written so many great songs. I can think of maybe two or three. Not many more.
@jdmyerscountry True enough. Let's not forget all the great songwriting as well. Loads of guys can play guitar but how many have written a catalog like Keith's?
The truth from one of the greatest six / or five stringers left on the planet. ie. "Six this way and 12 the other". If that dosen't sum it all.... I'd love to knock a bottle or two back with Keith and just hash through the roots of it ALL. The book "Life" is great, but as a player there is much more I need to know. It'd be SO cool to get a "new material" solo Keef disc. One can only stay tuned to open G and hope... Love on ya!
Absolutely priceless...If I know that if somewhere, some how Keef Riffhard is flyin' around the world on a private jet and still gets jazzed about picking up the guitar then, all is right in the world...
It would not bother me if he played out of tune all night, not that he does, he brought so much to music not just with guitar but persona. One of the few great guitarists!
Keith is a brilliant guitar player-coming up w/all those songs in open tunings (open E,open G) ..His riffs might sound easy but they're catchy & they stick in your head..he's a guitar-master as far as I'm concerned
As a guitar player what he is saying is totally true. You learn something new every time you pick it up. And even the greats never stop learning. Guitar is something that has an endless learning curve, that's why it is such a great instrument.
No need to know lots of chords or to be a virtuose if you play in your bedroom...those guys like Keith or most recently Kurt change the face of the music forever and this is the most important thing, the rest is just blah blah, listen to the music and enjoy..!!
@yz25098uk I'm with you. A lot of people talk about how simple the riffs are. THAT is why they are so good. His timing....where he lays the licks is just so cool...it's brilliant.
thats right it takes minute to learn and lifetime to master that crazy gutiar actually nobody ever masters the gutiar. and keith richards damn well knows what hes talking about he is one of the best ever!
if he sucks than why dont some of you haters pick up a guitar, play 4 chords and become a millionaire overnight. Keef did. How bad can he be really? The difference between guys like him and the new shredders is that Keef Invented the style, for the most part, and the other copy. Anyone can play with enough practice you can get as good as you want, if you want it bad enough. Writing is what sets him apart.
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no no no no, dude, no. all you aspiring guitarists. do NOT look to Keith "I don't know how the fuck to tune a guitar" Richards for guidance. fuck, I'd be a better guy to turn to hahaha.
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lissen...jimi hendrix,david gilmour,jimy page.....lissen the real masters of guitar and after you can tolk...ignorant!!!!!.....W LA FRANCE!!!!..ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah........
oh men... I'd never say I don't like jimi hendrix or jimmy page but I'm a big fan of Keith Richards and if you continue to insult him I will come in your country and explose your fucking rat face!
@keithrichardstele hey, what do you expect from the spaghettimuncher...italians and modern music...a strange relationship...lets be happy he likes hendrix, page, etc...
but when it comes to eros ramazotti he falls on his knees and starts crying...
@11spike7 Thats a fucking big call saying he has more talent that slash, slash aint no shredder, hes got some of the most soulful shit out.. angus yes , slash no
@cast390 Most shredders couldn't write an infectious song if their lives depended on it. The world's full of shredders and tech heads. Only a few write memorable music, however. Many shredders see music as a competitive sport (most of them are guys) whereas songwriters see it as an art. Two separate skill sets. I'd much rather posses Keith's compositional skills than Yngwie Malmsteen's chops- he'll go to his grave worrying about speed, arpeggios and the metronome but no memorable melodies
@ritter89 A good song is subjective.What you my love others will hate.A great technical guitarist or musician is undeniable.To myself and many others Songwriters are a dime a dozen.What makes him or her a great songwriter,Other opinions....,You're gonna tell me the macarena is a good song? Pppff please!
sail, as far as rhythm guitar playing, keith is one of the classics in rock, he knows enough that he has tons of hit songs, and there great chords. your being too hard
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Its my opinion old son whether you like it or not. The whole idea of youtube is the exchange of opinions and mine is that Keef is an ok rythmn guitarist but no lead player. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
i think, no, I KNOW you're a fucking moron, i don't care how old you say you are, you are obviously a nobody-shit who's ready to kick the bucket. no one is knocking on you about how you play, want to know why? because you haven't influenced shit in your life, or have made a record that millions of people can enjoy
@rolodexroulette You'e a dumb hero worshipping pathetic twat. Richards is and this is being generous a mediocre musician, a good songwriter but musically ordinary. I've been a session musician for many years and yes while my name isnt universally known I've recorded for many famous names. So get a life you dopey Yankee halfwit.
@sail1948 You appear to be a bitter, jelous musician, envious of keith's position. He has played and learned from, gram parsons, ry cooder, brian jones, he must be doin somethin right.
@harp1925 Are you really saying Keef plays better than Angus Young?!! Name me one Stones track with a decent riff. Richards has written some fantastic tracks, as a songwriter theres no one any better but as a guitar player he's mediocre. Sadly the Stones live shows sound sloppy and under rehearsed. Their glory days ended when Mick Taylor left and Ron Wood (another mediocre guitarist) joined.
@sail1948 I will not tell you who to like better it is all opinion, but in my opinion keith is infinately better than angus. Veratility, Keith and the stones play many styles of music with a heavy, blues influence. ACDC is one dimensional. Beggars Banquet, Let it bleed, Keith dominated albums, put Keith in his own league, go listen and learn!
@sail1948 what's the point of writing this point of view on about every stones-thing on youtube? He is obviously wrong is better than angus, but where is the hate coming from? there's nothing wrong with richards, let him think what he wants. and riffs isn't what separates a good guitar player from the bad...
Plus, everyone with the slightest knowledge in guitarplaying knows that ron wood can't play for shit. and who cares about sloppyness and nonrehearsed, they are still fucking awesome
@sail1948 sail you need to hear some of the bootlegs from 1972-1981 they rocked as a live band. i mean they were up there with the who and zep as live bands.
@skint0n0minted Whether or not the Rolling Stones are the greatest rock n roll band of all time is a matter of opinion. What is not a matter of opinion is the fact that Keef is a mediocre guitarist, good songwriter but compared to say Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton etc. hardly average. The simple fact is he's a strummer of chords. In short he cant riff.
@sail1948 actually both are a matter of opinion fuck face. I mean I don't think Jimmy Page was any good, Clapton was dull in Cream but awsome as a soloist. Keiths come out with some of the best rhythms in music 'Happy' has a sick rhythm and melody. The rhythm in 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' is rad soooo many more, hes amazing, and he destroyed that cliche hardcore druging and drinking will make rockers die young, he is invincible our great great great granchildren will die before him!
@skint0n0minted Fuck face?!! Do you find it impossible to have an exchange without resorting to childish insult? One thing we can agree on is that "Keef" has laid down some good rhythm over his career. The point I'm trying to make is that he is not a fantastic guitarist, whatever you think of Page or Clapton they were vastly superior in terms of musical ability. Richards is a fantastic songwriter and an okay rhythm player but thats about it.
@sail1948 'Cocaine Blues' has a sick blues melody and many of his other songs from solo albums and stones records. you had Fall Out Boy on ur favourites yesterday so i dont see why you're throwing a whiner over bands
@sail1948 This comment made me laugh so hard! Angus better than Keith, LOL! Any idiot can play ACDC, Jimmy Page, respected but soloist in zep, no guitar interaction, where keith has excelled, Eric Clapton-Hendrix criticized him fot lack of rhythm. Anyone who claims keith is a strummer of chords, go listen to all the stones records, you will be educated. Prodigal son, sympathy for the devil, beast of burden, great guitar work, get real!
"It's an amazing piece of work (the guitar)... I mean, what is it, up to twelve, six of 'em this way... you can never be bored with one of this machines"
Is there a cooler way to say: "I'm so fucking in love this instrument?" I bet Keef even recites poems to his guitar lol.... Keith's the rock GOD.
like somebody doesn't know who he is or what band he plays in. you'd have to be a Martian not to know and even then they have probably got bootleg copies of Sticky Fingers up there!
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Nice clip! Keith's powerful chords are everywhere, but especially on Honky Tonk Women. This was released on 4 July 1969. Apollo 11 made the first ever manned landing on the moon 16 days later on 20 July 1969. What a month for human achievement! See a cover of Honky Tonk Women at: loosecovers.blogspot.com
TheLooseCovers 23 hours ago
I was lucky enough to work with him on his talk is cheap album as an engineer, he gave me a brief lesson too, hwe told me to "hold a note as long as you can and see how good it starts to sound". Lovely man, very kind and generous. the best days of my career.
robberry99 1 week ago
There are many guitar players more technicals than keef, but how many can bring such feeling with such a simple aproach to the guitar?
dropeff 2 weeks ago
a fantastic writer...gimme shelter satisfaction midnight rambler :he wrote let it bleed too...a musical genius
janiakowska 2 weeks ago 2
Is he "Technically" the best? No not even close.
But put it this way, I'd pass up Joe Bonamassa 7 days a week to go and hear Keith and The Stones.
The opening chords to Jumping Jack Flash are Keith Richards in a nutshell. Raw, warm, honest and iconic.
Rockpig1969 1 month ago
keith you ARE the man, you and Angus Young and of course Chuck ,are my favourite guitar men! long live rock n roll!!
shortybig50 2 months ago 2
Keith is a good rhythm guitar player with good inventive skills. That's it.
ptij0404 3 months ago
@ptij0404 ..who has written songs that have made him a bazillionaire. Any run of the mill fucknut kid hanging out at a Guitar Center in Buttfuck, Iowa can shred. Let's see them write "Wild Horses" or "Beast of Burden."
Maafa1619 3 months ago
@ptij0404 You left out one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Oh and a million times better than you ever will be in your wildest wet dreams.
MrAlsfan5 1 month ago
He's certainly not a guitar virtuoso but he came up with some of the best riffs in the history of popular music...
sugardaddy815 3 months ago
he's an incredible guitarist, a unique personality in rock history, his creativity and passion make him one of the greatest musicians out there , even if technically he is not as good as others.
Grrrpure100 3 months ago
See I love that Robert Johnson shit. Haha!
purplestuff 3 months ago
"you can never be bored with one of these machines..." truly inspiring by a living legend
alcalaed 4 months ago
Robert Johnson
PUNKYROCKY12 4 months ago
What's the instruction! Tell he likes Robert Johnson?
jassbo 4 months ago 2
he's one of the WORST guitar players in the history of the world
bustballz 4 months ago
@bustballz
don´t troll
Gilmourinski 4 months ago
@bustballz obvious troll is obvious -.-
515742617000027 3 months ago
Oh hey this aired back when VH1 was still a music channel.
RandalBauer11 5 months ago 2
Yeah...Hendrix and Django Reinhardt are better...
mward1995 5 months ago
Woody Guthrie was a Communist
asgaard636 5 months ago
Dont forget keith is also a master in the studio.. before the corparations took the stones over the song wasnt cut untill keith smiled!
crackernumber2 5 months ago
What guitar is in his hands? HEY HELP ME. I want this guitar
InanancuxI 7 months ago
@InanancuxI Looks like a Collings.... super sweet hand made in Austin, TX
helmsjon 7 months ago
@helmsjon fucking thanks man. I love you. It's Collings baby.
InanancuxI 7 months ago
@InanancuxI More specifically a Collings "12-fret"
helmsjon 7 months ago
Keith is not just a guitar player. Good players are easy to find. Being a songwriter, and playing guitar as such is a completely different thing.
JGPorcello 7 months ago
@JGPorcello Very True.
IM1NML 5 months ago
Open G is my favotite
armorednose 7 months ago
I too love that Robert Johnson s**t.
TheYobro633 7 months ago 2
I was born in Dartford, England, same town as Mick & Keith.
They are Dartfords favourite sons.
maigo6 7 months ago
MTV bleeping out Keef swearing. What sacrilege!
slothmag 8 months ago 2
Gotta love Keith's analogy's.
55slice 8 months ago
I LOVE HIM
Mammavadoafunghi 8 months ago
This video makes me laugh every time but he pretty much gives you the world in 30 seconds.
Disburden 8 months ago
I love that Robert Johnson shit too (at 90% playing speed :)..)
florinbaiduc 9 months ago 2
i totally agree :)
the best toy in the world, you just can't get sick of it
picked up to impress chicks, failed, but carried on with punk, then just fell for the blues, just can't get rid of that damn scale!!!
CT27NX 9 months ago
Yeah, "I'm Keith Richards, I play guitar with The Stones." Enough said! This guy is the best R&B guitar player ever!!!
Dean100able 9 months ago
Hmmm....learned nothing with that silly interview....
MissEgasMoniz 9 months ago
"Machines" I love the way he and Woody Guthrie call a guitar that....LOL.
Thejbirdy 10 months ago 23
@Thejbirdy
IT's got moving parts...it's a machine!
Disburden 8 months ago
@Disburden I believe you! :)
Thejbirdy 8 months ago
@Thejbirdy This Machine Kills Fascists -- a sticker on Woody Guthrie's guitar.
JPTill 6 months ago
@JPTill love that sticker:)
assaglioli 5 months ago
@Thejbirdy "This machine kills facists".
misfitstattoo 1 day ago
@misfitstattoo Amen my friend! :::rASPY COUGH:::laugh.
Thejbirdy 1 day ago
@ rollingstopp
I love the stones but wealth is a bad sign in a musician
idwtsasoj 10 months ago
@idwtsasoj Wealth is a bad sign in a musician? What does money have to do with his ability? I'm happy he's got some money.
jdmyerscountry 5 months ago
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@idwtsasoj Wealth is a bad sign in a musician? What does money have to do with his ability? I'm happy he's got some money.
jdmyerscountry 5 months ago
Keith may not be the most technically proficient virtuoso but he sure wrote some great music. You can see all the wannabes immitate him on youtube and at your local open mike night.
acoustic61 11 months ago
Keif, is probably the best guitar player ,writer ever--please tell me who has had more success ,brought ,or created a Trillion Dollars of Revenue
rollingstopp 11 months ago 6
@rollingstopp So its all about the money eh! The ignorant dumb masses will buy any old piece of shit - that is all the Stones have shown us since Tattoo You. Over 30 yrs of limp garbage from the band - although its not bad as Claptons 42 yrs of crap.
MissEgasMoniz 9 months ago
@rollingstopp Loads of people have had more success. I love Keef but this is just a really weird comment.
Nickpatient 1 month ago 3
@rollingstopp that's 'cos he can pour his soul out thru the guitar
uletus 3 weeks ago
Keith has the greatest rhythm feeling of all guitarplayers I can think of. And he wrote at least 20 or 30 classic guitar riffs. Or listen to his beautiful intro's on acoustic guitar: Play with fire, As tears go by, Lady Jane, Angie. Nobody plays guitar like Keith Richards. He is a true legend.
robin14669 11 months ago 2
Keith knows that you dont get music it gets you!!!! Thats Humble!!!
goldsmithstudent 11 months ago 3
"I'm Keith Richards"...and you're not.
GuitarBlues3 1 year ago
Not only is Keith Richards a great guitarist & performer, but he's a brilliant song writer too. & I like the fact that he's gratious enough to pay homage to his great predecessors like Robert Johnson. I'd take lessons from Keith, guitar or whatever..
Melizarra3 1 year ago 2
i enjoy better hearing him playing rhythm than lead
slimyesli 1 year ago
so simple and true explanation
justblues10 1 year ago 3
best blues artist of all time...
t49n2w 1 year ago
Robert Johnson really know how to inspire guitar player! Just look at Keith and Eric.. Blues and rock.. You don't need much more then that! <3
Bummpis 1 year ago
@Bummpis you could go on with the list of guitarist he inspired. It's fair to say he inspired most of the great blues/rock guitarists like Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Richards, Peter Green, Jack White and many others
0live0wire0 1 year ago
Keith Richards IS The Rock and roll. God bless you Kifffffff, for ALL you gave us
bosquedehormas 1 year ago
keiths the man!
tomstonan 1 year ago
Just love when he says "I'm Keith Richards & i play guitar with the Stones"- so much pride in his voice man.
Jagermeister196 1 year ago
@Jagermeister196 I would be proud too! Gotta love that man... he is THE Man! He's pretty f****** great. Like he said... Robert Johnson's great too. LOL
tompetty1976 1 year ago
*32-20 Blues riff halts abruptly* "See I love that Robert Johnson Sh*BEEP*t, that."
What a perfect note to end on. xD The stupid bit of censorship just /made/ it.
19KeithRichards43 1 year ago
@19KeithRichards43 Yes it did! Great stuff if you ask me. Robert Johnson's amazing. What makes him even more amazing is that he inspires Keith Richards!!
tompetty1976 1 year ago
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oldschoolaxeslinger 1 year ago
It's not the drugs , nor even tequnique , it's the perspective . . . . Yar . . uh . ohhhhh . . and the Glory .
evidenceonly 1 year ago
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christophehersent 1 year ago
I HATE hearing people putting down Keith Richards. Is he "technically" the greatest guitar player ever? Well no. But what does that have to do with anything? His feel is amazing and that's something you can't teach somebody. I'd rather hear Elvis strum the intro to "That's All Right Mama" from 1954 than listen to somebody shred. It's a feel thing and you either got it or you don't.
jdmyerscountry 1 year ago 50
@jdmyerscountry ....at last someone who thinks and feels like I do!!!!!.....thank you for those words, I completely agree with every one of them!!!!
bluesboy54321 1 year ago
@jdmyerscountry I agree, feel is everything is music. For example, Elvis wasn't a technically great guitar player, but his guitar playing has a feel that was unique. Elvis' playing on his '68 Comeback Special is something else. Keith Richards is the king of guitar riffs. He is the best ever at coming up with the riffs.
goldenbear1986 6 months ago 2
@goldenbear1986 HOW ABOUT A TIE WITH JIMMY PAGE FOR RIFFS?
smokinjoe1984 5 months ago
@jdmyerscountry Is Keith the best "technically"? Well, the real question is name me another guitar player that has written so many great songs. I can think of maybe two or three. Not many more.
cracks21229 5 months ago 2
@jdmyerscountry True enough. Let's not forget all the great songwriting as well. Loads of guys can play guitar but how many have written a catalog like Keith's?
yhn1inc 1 month ago
@jdmyerscountry You hit the nail right on the Fucking head Sir.It's behind me tho why people just can't understand that.
SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 1 month ago
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jdmyerscountry 1 year ago
The truth from one of the greatest six / or five stringers left on the planet. ie. "Six this way and 12 the other". If that dosen't sum it all.... I'd love to knock a bottle or two back with Keith and just hash through the roots of it ALL. The book "Life" is great, but as a player there is much more I need to know. It'd be SO cool to get a "new material" solo Keef disc. One can only stay tuned to open G and hope... Love on ya!
Kryptakravitz 1 year ago
keef is unique, unlike dime a dozen shredders.
Gonzoidz 1 year ago
@Gonzoidz Shredders don't play music they play notes......
BeaverCleavage1 1 year ago
Keith IS rock.
UnsilentE 1 year ago
I only wish mine would stay in tune :(
DisasterBlaster500 1 year ago
Absolutely priceless...If I know that if somewhere, some how Keef Riffhard is flyin' around the world on a private jet and still gets jazzed about picking up the guitar then, all is right in the world...
exposurejd 1 year ago
the king of guitar
donottawaguitar 1 year ago
It all depends on what the individual wants to listen to. This one likes to hear Keith Richards.
saxby01 1 year ago
cool und danke
bschne2569 1 year ago
every body see's him as rhythm may be but I see him as lead/rhythm
mcsplst 1 year ago
every body see's him as rhtymn may be but I see him as lead/rthythmn
mcsplst 1 year ago
@mcsplst why?
blackbeltbrown 1 year ago
It would not bother me if he played out of tune all night, not that he does, he brought so much to music not just with guitar but persona. One of the few great guitarists!
BuddLightbrain 1 year ago
you can never get bored with one of this machines
Gnomitolindo 1 year ago
Keith is a brilliant guitar player-coming up w/all those songs in open tunings (open E,open G) ..His riffs might sound easy but they're catchy & they stick in your head..he's a guitar-master as far as I'm concerned
4runner39 1 year ago
@4runner39 And thats the most important thing about music. not complexity but the mood you get from songs like this
Garuda0190 1 year ago
As a guitar player what he is saying is totally true. You learn something new every time you pick it up. And even the greats never stop learning. Guitar is something that has an endless learning curve, that's why it is such a great instrument.
JustinMarkBailey 1 year ago 3
@JustinMarkBailey yeah it's weird yesterday i picked mine up n started playin something and i was like wtf.
daviejtube95 1 year ago
Like Alexis Corner says (saw him when I was 15 years old) : Keith is the best and baddest guitarplayer ever! And still it`s right !
TheHolyjack 1 year ago
No need to know lots of chords or to be a virtuose if you play in your bedroom...those guys like Keith or most recently Kurt change the face of the music forever and this is the most important thing, the rest is just blah blah, listen to the music and enjoy..!!
TheCASH75 1 year ago
NO ONE IS COOLER !
mingofilaz 1 year ago
funny u said that cuz i woke up yesterday and... u get the idea
rollinstonesdontsuck 1 year ago
got to shake hands with him in 03 at wembley.
simple riffs?? yeah,riffs that anyone in the world would identify in 2 seconds, its THAT simple!!!.
fuckin superb.
carry on keef.
yz25098uk 1 year ago
@yz25098uk 2 notes!
coreyagraph 1 year ago
@yz25098uk I'm with you. A lot of people talk about how simple the riffs are. THAT is why they are so good. His timing....where he lays the licks is just so cool...it's brilliant.
jdmyerscountry 5 months ago
Keith is the coolest motherfucker on earth...no doubt
drey11986 1 year ago
thats right it takes minute to learn and lifetime to master that crazy gutiar actually nobody ever masters the gutiar. and keith richards damn well knows what hes talking about he is one of the best ever!
beachboytriad 1 year ago
if he sucks than why dont some of you haters pick up a guitar, play 4 chords and become a millionaire overnight. Keef did. How bad can he be really? The difference between guys like him and the new shredders is that Keef Invented the style, for the most part, and the other copy. Anyone can play with enough practice you can get as good as you want, if you want it bad enough. Writing is what sets him apart.
Uz2Brockstar 1 year ago
i will die by these words
intrga86 1 year ago
my darlin keef
hotkeefinjection 2 years ago
keith is rock n roll dude
carlos50105 2 years ago 3
Flying AGAIN....around & around the world.
Lucky Devil......somebody sure is watching over him.
PAULLONDEN 2 years ago
i love that robert johnson s**t
jcandstonesfollower 2 years ago 18
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no no no no, dude, no. all you aspiring guitarists. do NOT look to Keith "I don't know how the fuck to tune a guitar" Richards for guidance. fuck, I'd be a better guy to turn to hahaha.
chaaoos 2 years ago
@chaaoos yeah but he got soul man and he plays like a motherfucker with class
elstroshitnonstop 2 years ago 12
just shut the fuck up. you're just another retard with a keyboard typing stupid shit that you know isn't true.
kevinjim33 2 years ago
keith richards guitar instruction???...but who learn to play guitar to richard???....he was a mongol whit the guitar!!!!
dominidiego 2 years ago
@dominidiego FUCK YOU AND SHUP UP! YOU ARE THE MONGOL, SUCKER!
keithrichardstele 2 years ago
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lissen...jimi hendrix,david gilmour,jimy page.....lissen the real masters of guitar and after you can tolk...ignorant!!!!!.....W LA FRANCE!!!!..ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah........
dominidiego 2 years ago
oh men... I'd never say I don't like jimi hendrix or jimmy page but I'm a big fan of Keith Richards and if you continue to insult him I will come in your country and explose your fucking rat face!
keithrichardstele 2 years ago
buon viaggio allora...ti aspetto
dominidiego 2 years ago
@keithrichardstele hey, what do you expect from the spaghettimuncher...italians and modern music...a strange relationship...lets be happy he likes hendrix, page, etc...
but when it comes to eros ramazotti he falls on his knees and starts crying...
runiseppe 2 years ago
Yeah you are right... Anyway, we can't do anything against those kind of people...
And I see you're a Joe Perry fan, I like that!
keithrichardstele 2 years ago
@keithrichardstele ha!
elstroshitnonstop 2 years ago
Mongolian people are GREAT with the guitar!!!
daregularperson 1 year ago
keith richards, jimi hendrix, all the blues legends put together and then add marijuana and a nice instrument --> great sound
arrelite 2 years ago 2
Funny how people deride Richard's playing, but the last generation of players like Slash and Angus idolize him. Keith has more talent and
ability in his left butt cheek than all the 'shredders'
put together.
11spike7 2 years ago 105
@11spike7,
he definitely knows what not to play, thats a great thing about him.
DocHelliday 1 year ago
@11spike7 Thats a fucking big call saying he has more talent that slash, slash aint no shredder, hes got some of the most soulful shit out.. angus yes , slash no
cumonshane 1 year ago
@11spike7 So does BB King.
Antiks72 1 year ago
@11spike7 Any shredder can play richards but richards can't touch a pimple on a shredders ass.
cast390 1 year ago
@cast390 Most shredders couldn't write an infectious song if their lives depended on it. The world's full of shredders and tech heads. Only a few write memorable music, however. Many shredders see music as a competitive sport (most of them are guys) whereas songwriters see it as an art. Two separate skill sets. I'd much rather posses Keith's compositional skills than Yngwie Malmsteen's chops- he'll go to his grave worrying about speed, arpeggios and the metronome but no memorable melodies
ritter89 7 months ago 2
@ritter89 A good song is subjective.What you my love others will hate.A great technical guitarist or musician is undeniable.To myself and many others Songwriters are a dime a dozen.What makes him or her a great songwriter,Other opinions....,You're gonna tell me the macarena is a good song? Pppff please!
cast390 7 months ago
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Once he learns to play then his lessons may be taken seriously.
sail1948 2 years ago
learns to play what?
magicguitaraxe 2 years ago
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Guitar.
sail1948 2 years ago
sail, as far as rhythm guitar playing, keith is one of the classics in rock, he knows enough that he has tons of hit songs, and there great chords. your being too hard
magicguitaraxe 2 years ago 14
You've heard of him but I doubt whether he's heard of you.
buskerbuoy 2 years ago 30
When you become a more successful guitarist than Keith, then you can post comments like that
billydc2 2 years ago
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Its my opinion old son whether you like it or not. The whole idea of youtube is the exchange of opinions and mine is that Keef is an ok rythmn guitarist but no lead player. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
sail1948 2 years ago
@sail1948
i think, no, I KNOW you're a fucking moron, i don't care how old you say you are, you are obviously a nobody-shit who's ready to kick the bucket. no one is knocking on you about how you play, want to know why? because you haven't influenced shit in your life, or have made a record that millions of people can enjoy
rolodexroulette 1 year ago
@rolodexroulette You'e a dumb hero worshipping pathetic twat. Richards is and this is being generous a mediocre musician, a good songwriter but musically ordinary. I've been a session musician for many years and yes while my name isnt universally known I've recorded for many famous names. So get a life you dopey Yankee halfwit.
sail1948 1 year ago
@sail1948 You appear to be a bitter, jelous musician, envious of keith's position. He has played and learned from, gram parsons, ry cooder, brian jones, he must be doin somethin right.
harp1925 1 year ago
@harp1925 Are you really saying Keef plays better than Angus Young?!! Name me one Stones track with a decent riff. Richards has written some fantastic tracks, as a songwriter theres no one any better but as a guitar player he's mediocre. Sadly the Stones live shows sound sloppy and under rehearsed. Their glory days ended when Mick Taylor left and Ron Wood (another mediocre guitarist) joined.
sail1948 1 year ago
@sail1948 I will not tell you who to like better it is all opinion, but in my opinion keith is infinately better than angus. Veratility, Keith and the stones play many styles of music with a heavy, blues influence. ACDC is one dimensional. Beggars Banquet, Let it bleed, Keith dominated albums, put Keith in his own league, go listen and learn!
harp1925 1 year ago
@sail1948 what's the point of writing this point of view on about every stones-thing on youtube? He is obviously wrong is better than angus, but where is the hate coming from? there's nothing wrong with richards, let him think what he wants. and riffs isn't what separates a good guitar player from the bad...
Plus, everyone with the slightest knowledge in guitarplaying knows that ron wood can't play for shit. and who cares about sloppyness and nonrehearsed, they are still fucking awesome
bindestreck 1 year ago
@sail1948 sail you need to hear some of the bootlegs from 1972-1981 they rocked as a live band. i mean they were up there with the who and zep as live bands.
crackernumber2 1 year ago
@sail1948 HAHAHA you idiot
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@skint0n0minted Go and plait your shit you halfwit.
sail1948 1 year ago
@sail1948 how can he be shit if hes in the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time you spiv
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@skint0n0minted Whether or not the Rolling Stones are the greatest rock n roll band of all time is a matter of opinion. What is not a matter of opinion is the fact that Keef is a mediocre guitarist, good songwriter but compared to say Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton etc. hardly average. The simple fact is he's a strummer of chords. In short he cant riff.
sail1948 1 year ago
@sail1948 if you say so.....
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@sail1948 actually both are a matter of opinion fuck face. I mean I don't think Jimmy Page was any good, Clapton was dull in Cream but awsome as a soloist. Keiths come out with some of the best rhythms in music 'Happy' has a sick rhythm and melody. The rhythm in 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' is rad soooo many more, hes amazing, and he destroyed that cliche hardcore druging and drinking will make rockers die young, he is invincible our great great great granchildren will die before him!
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@skint0n0minted Fuck face?!! Do you find it impossible to have an exchange without resorting to childish insult? One thing we can agree on is that "Keef" has laid down some good rhythm over his career. The point I'm trying to make is that he is not a fantastic guitarist, whatever you think of Page or Clapton they were vastly superior in terms of musical ability. Richards is a fantastic songwriter and an okay rhythm player but thats about it.
sail1948 1 year ago
@sail1948 im not being childish you are bubble brain!
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@sail1948 'Cocaine Blues' has a sick blues melody and many of his other songs from solo albums and stones records. you had Fall Out Boy on ur favourites yesterday so i dont see why you're throwing a whiner over bands
skint0n0minted 1 year ago
@sail1948 This comment made me laugh so hard! Angus better than Keith, LOL! Any idiot can play ACDC, Jimmy Page, respected but soloist in zep, no guitar interaction, where keith has excelled, Eric Clapton-Hendrix criticized him fot lack of rhythm. Anyone who claims keith is a strummer of chords, go listen to all the stones records, you will be educated. Prodigal son, sympathy for the devil, beast of burden, great guitar work, get real!
harp1925 1 year ago
@sail1948 You attention-seeking little pussy...Envy is an ugly thing.
Where's your video, girl?
belikewater001 11 months ago
So true, Keith. so true. :D
PrudenceNumberNine 2 years ago 2
not to be disrepectful, but what is that shit hanging out of his hair?
jajaja69nyc 2 years ago
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oh, that's one of brian jones' boogers.
jessicaalbatitsnice 2 years ago
LOLOL
rottenenglish 2 years ago 3
roach clips
crackernumber2 2 years ago
Graaande Keith ♥
fraancostone79 2 years ago
Pretty cool ad, nicely edited.
Jagermeister196 2 years ago
"It's an amazing piece of work (the guitar)... I mean, what is it, up to twelve, six of 'em this way... you can never be bored with one of this machines"
Is there a cooler way to say: "I'm so fucking in love this instrument?" I bet Keef even recites poems to his guitar lol.... Keith's the rock GOD.
Dogo10 2 years ago 3
@Dogo10 LOL dude he said hes slept with his guitar in bed!
crackernumber2 1 year ago
like somebody doesn't know who he is or what band he plays in. you'd have to be a Martian not to know and even then they have probably got bootleg copies of Sticky Fingers up there!
ex1le444 2 years ago 7
haha true that!!!!!!
rajbeast 2 years ago
you'll never die Keith!
Ghilbo 2 years ago 5