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  • my god, what a horrible guitar slash, repair at the time that Brian May misses and he gets to play alone, her guitar sounds so clean, but when Slash starts playing everything changes, the sound is terrible, horrible .. .. slash is the fifth, Brian May is 100!

  • disgusting. a gibson commercial.

  • That is a rock-and-roll-singing motherfucker. He should have been in Led Zeppelin.

  • Lots of mistakes! But there gods, who cares!

  • Sounds like there playing to an empty hall. What can i say, i would hardly cheer, this is not a very good performance

  • Brian plays his precious Red Special, though it´s a Gibson event...

  • they should have taken some better dope

  • So Perfect <3 Brian May! I love the bass lines 2:52.

  • paul rogers is very very very underated

  • paul koser was the real thing

  • No one guitar legend is better than the others... They're ALL great in their own ways... Each has a different style, so you really can't compare them... It's like comparing apples to dogs... That being said, I am partial to John Petrucci and Brian May!

  • brians guitar is homemade , nuff said, hes a craftsman

  • This is a train wreck.

  • Slash is the biigest guitar legend yeah legend of th e guitar =]

  • Love Brian May but if Slash isn't the coolest dude on the planet then I'm a Dutchman.

  • is slash the coolest guy ever ??!!

  • Boy it would have been nice to have been there... oh yeah, I was : )

  • Joe Walsh > May & Slash , but there both very good ;)

  • Slash is soo amazing but Brian is much better :)

  • @blackandpink2 Check out 3:15 to 4:00 and tell me if any of 'em can play this riff properly?

  • @blackandpink2 Think of it like this: Slash is Jesus and Brian is God

  • @blackandpink2 I'm the only one that notices Slash's FAIL?

  • @blackandpink2 Man, both are great. Each one on his own style. Why people always thinks of music as a competition?

  • there a studio version of this? the sound quality isn't that great

  • @ThePrimas you know, this is LIVE

    a song can be live OR studio, not both, so your question is not really good

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  • Love it!

  • How did the universe not explode with this much awesome on stage...?

  • Can't get enough Paul Rodgers!!!!!!! Sexxxxxxxxxxxy!!!!!!

  • Look's like Brian May just showed Slash how to play....just sayin'...

  • @jme67

    How's that? Didn't look like Slash was trying to butt in on the solo. Dude got his spot, and Slash played his part.

  • @jme67 - True. Oh so true... Slash could team up with Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton and Blackmore, and together those five still couldn't reach a thousandth of Brian's power. Hurry up with the knighthood, Dr. Brian needs to become Sir Brian May!

  • @zbr76 not Sir Brian May, but SIR DR. Brian may!! :D

  • @zbr76 Hey what about Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Mick Taylor ex The Rolling Stones?

  • @MrCaifanero - Mick Taylor does OK playing on Paint It Black, I'll admit. I'm not familiar with Ten Years After, so I can't judge on Alvin Lee. As for Jimmy Page... he can't play at all and needs to be locked away in a dark room. Period.

  • @zbr76 cock is what you need to suck my friend!

  • @zbr76 Well everybody has their oppinion! To mention hendrix was a little overkill! But still everybody has their oppinion! I think Brian may has a realy organised and realy clean rock tone and style, while Eddie and Slash has that dirty rock sound, and Clapton has that realy good blues/rock tone and style! I love everyone! but especialy slash and Hendrix cause they have the have the biggest impact on my style of playing! But I can't say that any of them is better than the others

  • come on man, Brian May is one of my all time favorite guitarist, but you are dissing 2 of the greatest ever, that being Hendrix and Clapton. Blackmore and Slash are on a tier below those other 3 both are fine players, as far as Van Halen goes... absoutely the most overrated guitarist of all time

  • @gocowboys11000 Angus Young is the most overrated guitarist of all time

  • @zbr76 Man, I had to check your profile twice. Fuck,,,you are an idiot.

  • ITT: Slash gets to play along side Brian May

  • IN SOVIET RUSSIA, VLADIMIR PUTIN SUCKS MONKEY BALLS.

  • affiche de reve

  • BRIAN MAY IS SUCH A CLUMSY OLD NOB

  • Brian and Slash are both fucking awesome.

  • I hope everyone realizes that Slash didn't take a solo, so there's not much to comapre here.

    They're BOTH awesome. But don't judge a rhythm player (for this song, Slash) and a lead player against one another.

  • Brian May is kicking Slash's ass on a basic track, because he is so so so much better.

    

  • see brian and slash playing together have no priceless

  • why did they put slash there, brian may didnt leave him time for the solo.

  • @srvgravesdime Totally agree. If this song didnt have an influence on every one onstage, they were too young and missed it or lived under a rock. LANDMARK rock song.. I would imagine having Rodgers in Queen influenced Brian to brush up, Slash wasnt prepared. Slash and Angus stayed true to the classic tone, while Brian May literally reinvented pickups..We wouldnt be doing fret tapping if not for that. Rock is not in competition with itself people! We are at war with the "others". Right?

  • Slash *is* real you guys!

  • That hurt my ears !!!!

  • Trainwrecks everywhere !

    

  • Slash didn't know the song too well.

  • Slash is seriously underpeforming here and its not even because he wants to be! .... come on slash its only 3 chords ! Why is Brian May kicking your ass on such a basic track ?!?!!?!

  • @Stealthkeys77 Because Slash heard Steve Miller's Rockin Me Baby, where he TOTALLY ripped off All Right Now, but changed it up enough to get by. The SINGLE record version (as you know) is cut, PLUS since it was gonna be a single, Roy Baker brought the boys in to fatten it up. They added more vocals and two guitars , where one is playing a different chord than the other. Cant remember, saw it in guitar tab somewhere, No, Slash didn't know the song. Bass player got it finally! Still cool, tho!

  • guitar playing is not a competition.., there both deadly players... . and that solo is a piece of cake to play... was expecting them to let slash loose and improvise somthing new... ah well...

  • you can't compare Dr.May with this Kids!

  • Paul rodgers'?

  • God,Jesus and Chuck Norris played togheder that night...

  • @Dublegi96 Isn't God and Jesus the same person huh?

  • OH AND IF YOU WANT TO BITCH AT ME FOR THAT COMMENT PLEASE STATE HOW THE FUCK I COULD POSIBLY WRONG..

  • @MrBluesGIbson Slash has taken a page from Paul Kossof's guitar playing book. He and Angus Young are the only two people who can come close to Koss' tone. If you have so much respect for Brian May, maybe you should consider that Brian May wouldn't play with Slash if he thought Slash was a total hack. I'm tired of listening to whinny bitches like you who talk shit about one guitarist and praise another. You have every right to say Slash sucks, but Brian May doesn't think so, so shut the fuck up!

  • SLASH SUCKS FAT DICK COMPARED TO BRIAN MAY SLASH IS FUCKING OVERRATED BY ALOT I MEAN HONESTLY YOU ALL KNOW HE HAS NEVER BEEN THAT GOOD. ALL THAT MAKES HIM SO FAMOUS IS THE WAY HE DRESSES AND SHIT. NOW BRIAN MAY HE IS ACTUALLY AN AMAZING GUITARIST HE SHOULD BE THE ONE ON ALL THE MONSTER CANS AND ON ULTIMATE GUITAR. BRIAN>>>>>>SLASH

  • @MrBluesGIbson u are a fucking idiot

  • i love bryan may playing guitar caoz he diffinitly come out with a clean sound unlike other guitarist.

  • God brian is good

    

  • Its amazing how little the preferred guitar tone has changed in the last 30 years

  • brighton rock live in rio de janeiro, for those who question Mr Mays guitar playing. You wont find it on here...

  • when did slash become a rhythm guitarist? There should have been more solo time there!

  • slash nd brian may r bolth realy great so i say their =

  • Brian hates smoking so much ... I'm suprised to see him any where nere that dirty bag Slash. That's no reference to Slash's play just his look with that shit fag in his mouth all the time.

  • @Coolrockndad I think its more than just a fag mate!If ya know what I mean

  • I've always loved this song

  • what you are all missing....and you have all mentioned great guitarists...is the beauty of Paul Kosloff....simplicity gentlemen...is the key....not lecturing 'cause I cannot play like any of these guys!...but I think you'll know what I'm saying

  • C'mon, why fighting over who's better? Slash and Dr. May are both very good guitarists, but they are just very different. You cannot compare them. I love both of them :)

  • Slash is in way over his head with these guys.

  • MAY SLAYS THE SLASH!!!! GO MAY!!

  • que buena conbinacion good!!

  • Slash .... lift your gain !! Chuffin on a cigarette and "looking cool" while playing 3 chords and trying to HANG ON with a first class guitarist in Brian May is WRONG and misleading.

  • Funny to hear a legend like May tripping up on such a simple solo.

  • I love Slash but in this rendition (we all have got to agree that it is sloppy. sloppy video) he is non existent. Brian May killed this. Great job.

  • free imortal

  • I thought Brian did an excellent job of doing the lead break, its such an iconic break it would not have been right to not do it like Kossoff recorded it. And Rodgers voice still going strong.

  • I used to have this on cassette I've been looking for this for years!!!!!

  • I don't know....

    ...but just kinda wonder?

    ...48 seconds in, kinda looks like Derek Trucks is backing.

    What do you think?

  • I like sla for his feeling, but, damn, brian is so much better. His solos are incredibles. And is a great musican, and a great astrologue, or wathever

    OMG my english is awful¡¡¡¡¡

  • @rockandrollntvg astrophysicist ;)

  • Damm Chuck Norris CAN SING!

  • possibly the worst version I have ever heard produced by professional musicians.

  • Ha HA! Sounded like Mr. May jumped the intro there when Rogers began to count. But..Its the drummers fault for not knowing the song and "faking" it. In the original version there is a back beat that signals the guitar to kick in. Then Slash flubs the guitar solo intro @ 2:54. Rock 'n roll legends at there best. It's all good.

  • Please don't compare, they're both awesome, can't you just apreciate each?

  • I just love the way Brian May handled his guitar. He didn't smash it he just seemed to hold it like a child and Slash well what can i say . Rock God

  • Who else thinks that Paul Rodgers should be a judge (or something) on American idol?

  • Would like to see Joe Walsh up there hes the guitar god... Love me some Brian May and Slash though...

  • BEING PAUL RODGERS GUITARIST WOULD KINDA SUCK.... NO ONES PAYIN ATTENTION TO U WITH THOSE PIPES WAILIN LOL

  • SLASH OR BRIAN MAY.... SILLY QUESTION... I THINK PAUL RODGERS SHOULD PLAY THE GUITAR MORE HEHE HE THE BEST MUSICIAN UP THERE HANDS DOWN WITHOUT A SHRED OF DOUBT

  • this song has balls

  • grande BRIAN!!!!!

  • its true... god exists

  • The Hair Bear Bunch

  • Hahahaha Slash....Slash is everywhere, whenever i look on here for some songs, i see some vids of him covering ^^

  • Saw Paul Rogers Tribute to Muddy Waters Live at the Greek MANY years ago and got to say it was OH SO AWESOME!

  • This was one of the really great songs from Free, and it's done amazingly well by these guys (not really amazing considering the talent here). I've got an old recording of Free live that I keep in storage for just the right time, and get it out now and then to remind me just how "Bad" these guys were before there was Bad Company!

  • Do I watch/listen to this version after being such a Free lover in the 70s?.....Oh yes! Brian May rocks!!! Slash rocks....and Paul Rodgers can still belt it out!! Oh yes, this is a good version :-))

  • slash's guitar is louder but brian mays is finest...

  • what a voice! Guitar Greats!

  • slash is just.....

    slash...

  • @jmk2990 jup da gibst nichts dran zu rütteln....

  • jup da gibst nix dran zu rütteln...

  • 2:53 Drummer error.

  • I love when musicians from different bands get together and jam... its something different to hear so you can decide if you like it or not, and its probably just a lot of fun for them to play around with.... I love hearin stuff like this. Especialy when its some of the bests of the bests!

  • Dr. May > Slash

  • @generaljimmyjohn85 THey obviously very much different. I think it is probably bias to say better. They both influenced much and from being from May's era than SLashes I think it's unfair to downplay Slash as be came afterwards.

  • @generaljimmyjohn85 i believe it is Brian May = Slash

  • @generaljimmyjohn85 ohhh yesss

  • brian has a phd.

  • when music was awesome....love it...thanks for the post

  • jimmy page+brian may = slash with a cigarette

    

  • O hell Yeah!!!! taking me back hear now!!!! dancing!!!!!

  • i love how slash looks so damn bored the whole way through :L

  • "A-!" version, just jammin!!!!!

  • Well I quite liked it, mistakes and all.

  • Check out My Place by Tokyo Rose

  • just to let the haters now, this isn't a real performance of the song. This is a video from a rehearsal, so chill ur tits, sound check's and rehearsals aren't supposed to sound amazing.

  • @slasherguitarmaster , not hating....or even saying it sucked ... it was ok ... but its not a rehearsal ..look at the crowd at the end ..and the lights... it was a gibson guitar event

  • Chuck Norris sings very well

  • this is sloppy.

  • terrible overplayed version of a simple classic

  • killer vocals!

  • Omg!!! Brian may and slash!!

  • Free was a great band. Paul Rodgers is a great singer. I wouldnt pay to see this though. Uber-heavy guitar distortion of this performance reduces the song to a wank-fest.

  • Brian May is "classically based". Im not sure if that makes him better, but listen to many of the popular Queen songs. His progressions are much more based in classical music than the more popular blues/rock format.

  • saw him at a free chicago fireworks show.. i had noooo idea he was in soooo many bands..,.,humble pie??? greatest rock voice..male.. sorry christina..

  • does it really matter who is better? they are both better than you or me

  • I love how the comments on here are 50/50 Slash and Brian. I for one personally say Slash is better, but as a huge Queen fan Brian is just as awesome, both are legends basically put :)

  • Paul Kossoff - would have blown them away on his stratocastor - RIP PK

  • The Red Special is a beast that only Dr. May can contain!

  • All of them have a good buzz going. The song is killer. My grandmother couldn't ruin it.

  • All of them have a good buzz going.

  • Somebody punch the bassist in the face for dancing like that. What a tard.

  • absolutely awful, worst version ever! I hope Kossof can't hear that from heaven...

  • @SuperBluesystem I do agree. It's aboslutely boring !!!

  • they are both very good and Brian has been playing a whole lot longer then Slash but we should not compare them they both have thier own style

  • @lexfuckingrose what !?! slash is a mixture of Joe Perry and jimmy page, not as good as page, but hes similar to them and inspired by Brian, dont come here dissing one of the greatest guitarists ever BRIAN MAY hes a legend in his own rightn nobody has a similar sound to Brian, u should say, love em both!

  • Brian is god,,,made a mistake...so what slash has made quite a few but is still a legend, Gary Moore (god bless his soul) made mistakes, god even Hendrix made mistakes, Bad video, great performence by Paul, Brian and slash

  • hows about this all!!!! we all save up and get decent f*ckin video camera's cause am sick to death of squinting at this f*cking monitor new rule no more shit video camera's !

  • isnt true that brian is better than slash...but also isnt true that slash is better than brian...

    i say this because one of this can make things better than the other..but the other can also do things better than the other..

    but after all...what a pair of guitarists

  • Umm 2:52 - 3:00 is fucked!

    lol

  • back seat slash, brian may rides up the front ;-)

  • wtf?? Paul would have choked Brian :D

  • Great!

  • 2 of the best guitarist on 1 stage is a rarety

  • 3 pros, 1 stage.

    --eargasm--

  • Nobody so far seems to be able to even get close to the feelings Paul Kossoff was able to inject in that great song. Nobody.

  • what does Brian may say after he did his mistake

  • Question. His Slash's hat physically attached to his head. Actually was he born with that hat?

  • 2 guitar gods on stage!!!!

    Brian the Best, of course

  • Red Special > Anything

  • @patching12

    You're totally right, there is no better guitarist in this video, it's the master of feeling and the master of harmonies, together, not against each other;)

  • When was this?!

  • slash rocks

  • No Gibson Les Paul can beat Bri's Red Special =D

  • Check out Free at the Isle of White 1970. A clean minimalistic performance with a clean sound. Superb. Worthy of a listen. In my opinion there is no comparison. But after getting this off my chest I am Alright Now.

  • Brain May was one of the pioneer's, it was he who actually inspired Slash to play the Guitar. So no Brian May no Slash. I'm not typing this just to be smug, it's a fucking. Truthful. Fact.

  • Lite skön lunchrock med Slash, Brian May och Paul Rodgers...så just nu är allting "all right now!!"

  • may and slash........ a great combination !!!!

  • If this lineup were unkown they would be booed off any stage.

  • Andy Fraser on the bass?

  • Freddy was an Fan from Paul Rodgers. He say`s in a interview, "I hope to get this vioce on stage". he got it yeah. that`s why paul play on QUEEN

  • Slash has grat style,he is the best.I've never seen the guitarist who similar or better han Slash.Oh, i forgot,It's super not true that Brian is better than Slash...

  • Iv heard shitty cover bands play this better in the pub, and Brian Mays boring and his guitar looks like a ballbag.

  • @mrwazzoo your an idiot, go troll somewhere else.

  • @mrwazzoo trolling fail, 'tard

  • @mrwazzoo Oh, get lost!!!

  • Brian gets such amazing tone out of his guitar! The distortion is so smooth and rich, and his style is truly one of a kind. Nobody else sounds like him before or since, and that's the mark of a great guitarist!