Brian May shreds

[rgonzalezit]

OMG, Brian is way better than this crap!!

It does not sound like him at all, not in technique, not in tone, not in style, anything at all...

[Zebonka]

Hi,

I'm building an idiot. Could you please scan your brain and send me pictures of it? I want to get it as accurate as possible.

[ZumunYT]

Hahaha I laughed my ass off while watching this!!!

[BackToTheBlues]

I dunno, I've just watched Eric Clapton shred, Carlos Santana shred, and now Brian May shred and I'm starting to think Nigel Tufnel should sue them for pinching his style...

Lovely vid, you've got the tone brilliantly.

[OriginalThannix]

this is so fucking funny. could you imagine an entire crowd going crazy for a single lead of 'funk town'? lol

and for those who don't find this funny, either :

A. Stop watching

B. Brian May did have a sense of humor, as did everyone else in Queen. Do you really think songs like Seaside Rendezvous would've been released if they all members of Queen took themselves that seriously?

[aidanr444]

whoops of laughter! I like when he looks out into the crowd, superior expression, playing one raandom awful noodle shred! Great playing by you though, I actually enjoyed a lot of it...

[bennimei]

fake video...please think before using youtube.

This is an offence to great Brian May (he doesn't play in that bad way) and to God, because you use so bad the time He gives you!

[Zebonka]

Are you really this fucking stupid, or is it just an act?

[Inigobalboa]

@Zebonka He is that fucking stupid, no acting intended!

[giggs102]

@bennimei are you fucking stupid?

[KlaudiaNomi]

StSanders needs MOAR QUEEN.

[OneFifthNative]

I got to where he plays "FunkyTown" by Lips inc and just lost it into a howl-laugh.

[MrSeanpm91]

i love the funky town part

[dchattin]

Awesome!!!

[qbc176]

LOL...@Funkytown

[MasterGodfather97]

One day i will play as well as him in this vid xD

[dannyhood66]

Brian may is so fucking bad ass on this live solo..5 stars!

[CultureCunt]

i believe it

[friedwart7]

Meine Güte - Das ist das schlechteste Solo, welches ich je von Brian gehört habe! Das ist ja so scheiße.....!!!!

[WannabeLyricist]

Thanks for this! What a great blend of spoof and video! Do i hear elements of Jesus Christ Superstar in there? Good Stuff! Come on all you people getting a bit upset about this, it doesn't taint Brian May, we all love him and continue too, but its nice to have a smile now and again at something ridiculous! Lighten up....Queen loved tounge in Cheek, they'd love this too! :)

[Zebonka]

Indeed you do! Can't leave JCS out!

I dunno if Brian would enjoy this video much, his sense of humour is pretty selective these days ... he doesn't even like Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

[brancosamp]

Ey Zebonka!! you're almost funny. almost...

[muramer]

Brian May shreds with the brain

[frederiktygesen]

haha nice

[Zebonka]

Sure!

[Dannymusic1999]

Some of the guitar sound and video were a bit OFF.

[Zebonka]

I feel the video is old enough now that I can admit - they weren't even recorded together.

The computer I was using at the time couldn't run Garageband and a video at the same time :D hahaha.

[lucrativeelfmongrel]

haha!

[mightyluv]

Love the drumming (kathunkety-thunk crashsmash). I saw this concert, but I don't remember it quite this way; maybe it was the 3 beers in the lobby before going in.

Brian May rocks!

[pdpanddale3]

Yeah man you must have been MEGA hammered after those 3 beers!

[dommost]

Very well done and funny as hell! Props!!

[kingsxkid]

WOW!

I wish I could have been there.. ( at Funky Town) Where can I get the tab for this entire piece?

[Zebonka]

Oh you know Brian, he plays from the heart, it's hard to find accurate tabs!

[kingsxkid]

good point

[panefuldeath]

made me lol.

[BigAddz2k7]

brian seriously, youve upped your game boy!

[jarvisl8]

the applause gives it away straight from the off, good editing skills though :)

[Zebonka]

Mahaha, I guess I should have watched the video while I was playing it :D

[Juggalo5588]

Wow, Brian has only gotten better as the years have passed, Hes every bit as incredible as he was in youth, Lol, love his take on all those little tunes. Good times, good tunes, Great guitarist.

[Zebonka]

I always knew he dug Funky Town!

[tiggathetiger]

This is hilarious :D

[BassistsUtd]

This was one of Brian's better solos in my opinion. I love the way he likes to incorporate contemporary themes such as Gay Bar into his repetoire. I was at this gig and I tried to shoot myself it was so good. This video shows Queen at their peak. They really do deserve the crown of rock.

[MrWoodoop]

plz dont talk rubbish, im sorry but this is not brian!

[BigAddz2k7]

please tell me your being sarcastic....

[MrWoodoop]

take this video off!!!! you an insult to brian may!! this is some cheap trick to see if people are stupid enough to think that this is brian playin well im sorry but its not!!! be honest for gods sake!! not funny

[Zebonka]

Yeah - that's really going to happen.

[linkszwo]

Sorry,for waisting my time

[Zebonka]

Ha ha, suck shit.

[rokinrandy]

Wow those guys must not have practiced since Freddy passed on...But the beauty of live rock is you keep going and no one in the crowd will notice the imperfections...

[citiesonflame]

dude! are you serious?! this is a spoof, this is not brian may, obviously

[Zebonka]

It sure looks like him!

[cnt315]

i think this is real, you have to understand that for 1970's standards this entertains the heck out of a crowd, and old players like him and jimmy page never really adjusted, they were just too old when the music started to move on, don't let this change your opinions on him though, i love we are the champions, might ducks 2 was one of my favorite movies growing up

[Zebonka]

Hahah! Beautiful

[citiesonflame]

:D :D

[MrWoodoop]

AGREE!!

[LaciousC]

I can do worse!! YOU'LL SEEEE!! xD

[RobDFrizzle]

HA HEARTBREAKER! I love this

[JimiRayYng]

funky town lol

[curlaz63]

Hilarious! The little run down at 0:50 sounds like a run in Rush 'Cygnus X-1' from the Farewell to Kings album. Was that intentional or a freakishly lucky accident?

[Zebonka]

Ha! If it's Rush then it's a total accident, I'm totally not class enough for their music. I mean I could if I practiced but I don't practice, I just noodle. Hehe.

Cheers!

[NachoNinja3]

Funky town!

[Zebonka]

Yeah, live music is overrated huh!

[erinfreeboy]

Great job! Just the right amount of 'skill'!?

Maybe somebody could 'do' the edge? - I can't stand the fucker!!

[shadowleeck]

Hahahaha, you may have a lot of hability to play bad. I'm not been sarcastic.

lol video

Brian may rocks

[Zebonka]

It takes an actual guitar player to do one of these, trust me!

[dadadruma]

fucking hillarious i got stood up on a date tonight this was the best medicine ever

cheers

[Zebonka]

Ha!! That's the best comment I've had in weeks.

Sorry to hear you got stood up!

[artrock101]

Funky Town!

Towlie would approve...

[sifs4]

This is stupid. can people stop wasting our time with these stupid videos.

[Zebonka]

No and No.

[sifs4]

i'm thinking yes and yes. This is stupid.

[Zebonka]

You're not 'thinking' anything, you're a tool. Humour is entirely a subjective thing and plenty of people disagree with you anyway.

You'd do well to pay some attention to the guy down the page, "Th1sWasATriumph". Someone with a bit of brains, yet enough humility to admit that the odd joke video is not the end of the earth.

Lighten up you dork.

[ElNegroivxx]

aw...... i thought he was gonna play heartbreaker

[Zebonka]

He forgot how it went!

[seanSHRED87]

I'm just a dude who hates how YouTube has become polluted with nonsense.

Between the Rick and Roll(annoying), chain letters(horrible), Bob the stick figure(just plain dumb) and especially these ridiculous guitar parody's...

...Its to the point where you cant even watch a REAL performance anymore!

It's not entirely your fault, but you are contributing to the ignorance.

[Zebonka]

Eh, see if I accidentally click a 'shreds' video (as if it's that hard to know one when you see it) I just press the back button and keep looking.

You know, you might try buying the odd performance as well. I know Youtube is full of awesome stuff that isn't on the market, but it's just a thought.

[Th1sWasATriumph]

And yet I've been looking for performances all morning and finding them. You are horribly overstating the issue and generally being a dick. I've accidentally being Rickrolled once, and only watched guitar parodies when I'm in the mood.

Have fun on the internet.

[Zebonka]

You restore my faith in the Tube.

[Th1sWasATriumph]

As do you - someone who enjoys guitar, Black Books, Bryson AND Herriot? Sweet.

[Zebonka]

We ARE out there!!

Cheers.

[shariotoflove]

you fucker....lol you did brian may as well...i thought you might

[seanSHRED87]

I hate these b.s. parody videos...grow up!!! How bout playing something cool over it, hasn't gotold yet?

[Zebonka]

Aw come on, I play cool stuff all day - can't I have a little fun?

Anyway this is like a year old. Of course it's 'getting old', hehehe.

[queenroocks]

brian may is god.... but this is not him, and this is not even the video of the shred xD

[kpnutswales]

is he hell god, he makes too many mistakes live he's a brilliant guitarist but not a guitar god! This in fact makes him sound better

[headbanger623]

your ignorance is showing

[kpnutswales]

Is it, I'll kill my wife she normally tucks it in before I leave in the morning

[samhinrichsen]

this is funny

[jamesballard]

When he played Heartbreaker I snoofed pop out my nose

[mattsum41]

can no one tell this is fake...

[Gu1tari5t]

its not fake.... haha

[QueenNutta]

Oh come on, everyone knows Brian doesn't play that badly =oP

[nunobits12]

i think hes good in this video :\

[oOoKhaledoOo]

who is playin hahaha seriously ''Zebonka'' ??

[Zebonka]

It's an old concept, as you can probably tell from the related videos.

[JimiRayYng]

he's better than he was !!!!

LOL

[Tomriddle609]

is this fake?

[Zebonka]

Yes. Some people have even been good natured about it ... !

[freeclimb64]

YES - the fingers of Brian, you can see on the vid, don´t play that awful solo, you can hear.

[Zebonka]

Good one detective. Now, find out who really shot RFK for an encore!

[freeclimb64]

-No!

I don´t care for that.

I´m out.

[cyberweasle]

i dont know why u r all saying he plays crap. every performance is differernt. i am like queens biggest fan, i saw them twice in 1 week., lol fair enough this isnt his best but its still dam good

[SignusMelko]

its a joke video..

[RickyAlcaraz]

Lol xD haha, I can't stop laughing xD

it's sound like me playing xP haha, realy!! I'm bad xD, haha, i don't feel so bad wen I see this xD. (Sorry about my bad english xD I'm a bad english speaker too xD)

Ahora en español O_o

Jajaj, no podía parar de reirme xD

Suena igual que yo tocando, enserio soy malo xD, jaja, no me siento tan mal cuando veo esto xD

[dodecafono]

HAhahahahahahaha

[RickTransit]

Good stuff, but I'm afraid it was downhill all the way after Funkytown...

[Zebonka]

Ha! That was the idea ... !

[iloveshittyassholes]

was that the starting riff brian may is playing of "good times bad times" by led zeppelin? in 0:12

[iloveshittyassholes]

oh I mean heartbreaker :P

[hectoraguayo3000]

yea that's the intro to heartbreaker alright

[diddlybuds]

Dude this is hilarious! Great job =)

[Zebonka]

Thankyou!

[franklinpeach]

great job with the sound, too!

[cujo7573]

Great Job! 5 stars

[montes880]

funky town

[Zebonka]

A decent number of people disagree with you.

Your comment won't keep me awake at night, you humourless knob-end.

[popomczowzow]

You need to get sense of humor. He in no way "disgraced" Brian May.

You whine like a bitch. Oh no! I can't believe what he did to such a rock god like brian may! Brian may is so awesome and he made fun of him! Such a terrible, heartless person.

Really? It's a joke. Take it like a man.

[Zebonka]

Right on!

[supershiva11]

did i hear... gay bar.. in there HAHA!

[Zebonka]

You did!

[lmnsnses3]

lmao the start was a bit of heartbreaker by led zeppelin

[mkcwebmaster]

This really made me laugh - brilliant! The guitar is as bad as Les Dawson's piano. Mind you, I'm amazed anyone could think the soundtrack actually belonged to the video - as previously said, its a joke, I think done very well.

[petem74]

Sounds ok, but he was much better when he played with the Queen.

[steppingONyou]

I can't believe any moron thinking this is real. If he were singing, the lyp-synching would be disastrous. CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S A JOKE?

Still... what's the f***ing point of this thing?

[Zebonka]

What's the point of censoring words in a Youtube comment? Youtube allows cuss words. Also, sticking an F in front of your ***'s kinda takes the mystery out of it.

Anyway, now that I have that out of the way ... you already know what the 'point' is. You just said it yourself in capitals!

Farewell!

[one5643]

He's right, censoring words makes you look like a c*nt.

[steppingONyou]

He he... actually, censoring others' self-censorship makes anyone look like a fucking bitch ass...

... just fucking kidding dudes.

Just 1 thing: the problem is not the video itself; the worrisome thing is that some people believe it's real and even PRAISE May.

Their ears must be in their asses. That's what happens when so much shitty music is playing everywhere. Legends like May are a thing of the past. Musicianship, style, classiness are quickly vanishing.

QUEEN 4EVER

[Zebonka]

Well put!

[one5643]

My ironic comment may have sounded like that of an asshole, but i assure you I wasn't trying to be one :)

[steppingONyou]

Ok :) now we all begin to sound more real.

Now you, Asterisks * - go fuck yourselves.

Long life to Brian May.

[one5643]

Merry Christmas.

[andrewjshepherd]

The guitar is completely out of tune, that's why it's crap!!

I'm amazed that he carried on with it! Top man! Sounds shit though... :(

[Zebonka]

He's definitely a professional!

[geoffmulberry]

You know this is a joke right?

[andrewjshepherd]

Yes, I do!

I am amazed how you go around this video telling everybody about your findings, though!! Top man!! Shit effort.... :(

[superiorswagon]

that wasnt even goooooooooooooooooooooood definetely not mr mays best work

[Zebonka]

He was trying, give him that much.

[ilian51378]

Brian May is the best!

[Sorasen]

I like the JCS at 1:40. And the rest is incredible as well.

[Zebonka]

Glad somebody recognised it!

[Spankplanker]

Good work Zeb! I think I prefer this one to StSander's

It reminded me of Steve Morse when I saw him a few years ago with Deep Purple. He spent ten minutes playing snippets from old classics before finally breaking into "Smoke on the water"

[Zebonka]

Cheerio!

Hah, that used to be a habit of mine, too... hehe.

[wicka6]

What a boring cunt

[Zebonka]

The most charming thing I've ever heard from someone with my video in their favourites.

[xFlaredx]

My asshole is disfigured.

[Zebonka]

I don't doubt it.

[RvV1992]

Lol, that's awesome, sounds so real xD

[gizatoob]

PS you just wasted 3 blows of a spliff

[Zebonka]

Riight...

[gizatoob]

Isn't it funny how nobody but nobody( no exeptions in the entire history of anything)can play or sound like Mr May. Yes, you can post a vid and be total class, but noone ever truly nails it.

By the way, I wish I could hear Brian May really playing some of the bits you stuck in

[oneidababe]

kinda like a spinal tap moment there

[myfhs]

funbkytown

[HRFTG]

Nothing shows off true skill as much as shredding, anyone can play with a band but not a lot of people can BE the band.

[PeteMc5150]

Personally I think "nothing" shows off true skill as making great music, be it on your own, with a band, or even if you've sequenced it on a computer. As long as the result is good, that's a sign of true skill to me, as oppose to flying up and down the fretboard for no reason other than to show off :) Just my opinion. Funny vid by the way :D

[Zebonka]

I quite agree!

Flying up and down a fretboard can be immense fun when it goes right... but it's not something I've pursued to the point where it goes right every time, so I dunno.

Thanks for watching this though!

[LedSpencer2]

Hahaha, Heartbreaker at the beginning

[tobibarnet]

haha being a huge fan of Brian May, i dont know what to say.. i could have a go at you for disrespecting queen, but tbh i think these videos are rather amusing =P one thing im thinking tho, those other videos capture the playing style of the player - but badly. i think brian may is hard to cover, due to his guitar tone and techniques.

Nice try though

like the sudden burst into eruption half way through ! have been waiting for a brian may one like this =P

[Zebonka]

Cheers then

[OneGodDamn]

Ahaha,

Funky Town in there sold it =p

[Patsik]

FUNKY TOWN HAHAHA!!

[LaciousC]

Good stuff Bonky! xD

[Zebonka]

Cheers!

[dipstickplucker]

Can't believe I watched this twice..... Must be mad. Funny though.... Cheers.

[TheLostTruckDriver]

Great opening Zep, comedic timing you are the man St Sanders all the way!

Don't forget Brian using delay so smoothly, you could have some fun there.

[Zebonka]

Haha, thanks! :)

I wanted to put delay effects on this but I didn't get around to it..

bit of trivia though, this was recorded on a Burns Red Special. Ha