Metroid - Kraid (refined acoustic version)

[ianmalkovich]

i love this version

[drumonabumable]

Simply brilliant. Played with such emotion! makes me want to play it myself but i suck so i wont

[Nr2reaper]

7 people had their monitor upside down when voting

[Jameslikeflagella]

I think washi is an automotan robot designed to play guitar

[joeorso]

beautifull... thank you

[Jameslikeflagella]

Accolades!

[augale]

1:03 pure awesome

[sawtoothscrambler]

That is just awesome, dude! Well done.

[neversour]

Awesome dude

[levimilk]

get on the phone to nintendo and ask them to put this in the next game

[bigxlongxnow]

Thoroughly enjoyed.

[ghettokaiba]

damn good job.



[alexisjoueauxjeux]

Awesooooooooooooooome

[Kasigi03]

It has a hauntingly romantic feel to it. Nice. 

[possspam]

Oh, that is BEAUTIFUL!

THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY (Night...)!

[ErikPDornelles]

The tab site is off... does anyone have the tabs for this version saved? I'm desperately in need of them.

[swordinademonskull]

@ErikPDornelles I would suggest to you to learn by watching this video, piece by piece, over and over. I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, just encouraging you to obtain a higher level. You will thank yourself in the long run.

[ErikPDornelles]

@swordinademonskull Im really trying to... but my ear isnt sharp and I havent got much time to spare on guitar playing, at least not as much as I would like to. Either way, I will keep on trying to get this song right by ear, thnx

[swordinademonskull]

@ErikPDornelles I understand completely, as I've lost function in one of my ears via a head injury. That's the beauty of learning through watching a video; You would be learning by sight more than by ear. Time is always precious, and learning to play, and express music is a lifelong journey. Be patient. Time will come, from time to time. LOL, I'm starting to feel as if I'm using a Confucius-like phraseology. Anyhow, as long as you enjoy it, that's what matters.

[wavepsychic]

WOW! I love you man. This is awesome stuff. I wish I could do this!

[amsaa91]

Beautiful version :D

[grendelpaul]

Ok this completely rocks. of all the video game music ever this is one of the greatest pieces ever and my personal favorite. This piece of music made me love waltz forever. You do an amazing job this is going to be my ringtone on my iphone.

[IgnisSolis31]

i came on your fingers..... just amazing

[swordinademonskull]

Beautiful.

[beastological]

i cant wait to get a capo so i can play this

[SheridanDG]

can barely describe its so many things at once

[starfoxfan123]

I have a cherry red acoustic guitar, too bad I don't know how to play it

[aetherechoes]

hay weeeeeee

[LazerMunkeyProducts]

5 people dislike all thats good in the world. this is awesome, you are amazing, and kraid can kick my ass in-game all he wants if i get to listen to this version while playing. amazing.

[AnemoneAlaundorl]

what the fuck man i am literally crying over here

[RobTheJungleRat]

Incredible! This is excellent!

[tomygdiazjimenez]

how the Fuck does this guy play three voices on the guitar??

[CrystalDay]

Really nice! I made a version of this song to "Harmony of a Hunter"-album and hearing your song I kinda wish I'd gone with something more like this :P Really beautiful and very nicely played. I'll take a listen at more of your stuff now if there's any online. :)

[DJEclipseNiagara]

This was incredibly well-done.

[KoopaNinjaBros]

This is fucking brilliant.

[dragonslayerED30]

Fucking AWESOME!!!!!

[rogerrommel]

Great stuff! :) Superb execution of the theme, never thought it could sound so cool in guitar. The memories it brings are an added bonus.

[Skepgnostic]

Holy shit! I love you!

[plasticbudgie]

im 22 and i just couldnt help my self i got all excited as if i was young again my god how children are deprived of there birth right of good game memories these days, what do kids have to look back on except cod :(

Thank you for this masterpeice.

[SpiderMagic123]

@plasticbudgie Deprived? They can still play them, it's not like they disappeared. I'm younger than you and still play actual good games haha.

[plasticbudgie]

@SpiderMagic123 unfortunatly you're a rare case then about 90% of them dont.

[Shard1697]

@plasticbudgie I don't think that's true. Pretty much all my friends play old games-the good ones, anyways.

You have too remember that the majority of old games were pretty garbage, especially during the days of the NES, when there wasn't any easy way to know which were good. We just usually only remember the ones worth remembering.

I'd say it's more like 60% of them don't.

[wbarrett81]

This gave me the feeling I had when I was young and got to this level. Bravo! Clean and ambient. AWESOME!!!!

[Asclepius85]

Fucking Awesome your a great guitar player....

[Pingsteal]

My wife wants this as a ringtone....and so do I tbh...awesome!

[progkibble]

Well played! :D

[SlashManEXE]

I had my doubts, but it sounds good.

[Diraphe]

@SlashManEXE Agreed, had my doubts as well but this blew me away.

[Thatblackgothdude]

Very Very good amigo.. Very good..

[xtransmissionx]

iNCREDIBLE !!!!

[RocketRodder]

Beautiful, beautiful dark crisp sound. Your guitar carries the hauntingly familiar tune most elegantly. I love it.

[beto1000x]

god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[damdahu]

Well played, I like this way of playing it even if it's kind of softer than what I expected, it fits really great with the acoustic sound. One of the best version I've seen around. By the way I really love the sound of your guitar. Great playing, great video!

[flazz684]

Thats as good as this ice cold lager in my plastic big gulp glass! Which makes me wonder why i call something thats plastic....glass?

[DarkShenlong]

Simply awesome man!! Just another reason y KRAID RULZ!!!

[EvoSchecter]

BEAUTIFUL!

[Rezorok7]

Doesn't work with the guitar.

[zoasz]

i need the tabs for this x3

[TheDmanWiThiN]

absolutely beautiful

[Ihateflagging123]

Hey, this is awesome !!! Good job !!!

[DjFnX]

Es hermoso escuchar la musica que se produce cuando alguien realmente sabe la teoría musical. Congratulations.

[hungoverontues]

beautiful song

[a7xsongs69]

EASILY the best guitar version of this i have seen, the highlight of the song at :45 was perfect. amazing job.

[deadlyzin101]

very good, nes games had the best music ever<3

[dlsms]

deep

[DarkShenlong]

@dlsms Damn right!

[plasticbudgie]

First part of the verse on the tabs is incorrect but i worked it out just wanted to say for peple who are new to tabs..

[Matizicov]

This truly teeters on Legendary.

[inmonkeyness]

Win.

[blawson48]

My absolute favorite song from the Nintendo game series with the absolute best music. I haven't seen one Nintendo cover that comes close to how perfect this is.

[28215sterneGeneral]

G O D L I K E ! ! !

[ziochicho]

Dude! You freakin' owned that tune.  Fave'd!

[Ousslink]

The best version of Kraid's Theme on the net

[SkwiddlyDoo]

Fucking flawless...

[korhan]

it's a great cover but it feels a little more dark tune I guess. this version is calming :)

[jolteonalberto]

so.. sublime.. not going to.. cry..

[ryanern18]

This is almost better than tits. 

[SkwiddlyDoo]

@ryanern18 lmfao!!

[DarkShenlong]

@ryanern18 Indeed!!!

[TheInfiniteTurtle]

@ryanern18

i agree except it IS better than tits because when listening i envision the most perfect tits ever. so its like the perfect tits ever with an added acoustic melody for FREE! so its better.

[LADYTHUNNDER]

awesome job very beauiful : )

[KnocksX]

2 space pirates don't like this arrangement

[Isorash]

This was better then the original!

[Aelkamal]

how many years have you been playing the guitar ?

[thrutch599]

i can so picture Opeth playing this

[Franchise70]

Excellent, this song is wonderful and wonderfully played



[rowbow100]

damn its just beautiful

[woogha]

This is both beautiful and haunting. I love this version. Makes me wish i played guitar

[Knucklez913]

Omg, you took thee BEST song out of Metroid and perfected it in its guitar form. I'm sure I'm not the only one who was mesmerized by ur version of Kraid.

[Musicmaker805]

awesome guitar work on an awesome song my friend

[plarles]

Wow, this is beautiful!

[Huntertainment1]

beautiful...how moving.

[187Guitarplayer]

wow.. absolutely fantastic.. nice fingerwork..

[swingah]

This piece got soul!

[brothermopsy]

SOOOO SMOOTH!!!

[CYCLOPSONE]

This guys playing is absolute awesome!

[Princessloriregina]

Awesome job!! Thanks for giving my 12 year old inspiration to play guitar, as she is a Metroid fanatic!

[pepeevola]

awesome what a great performance

[Voldness]

Thats the best i've ever heard. Makes me learn the guitar.

[BritishMiracle]

yeh this is good,.. u take ure time with it,.. not like the other vids of guys playing kraids lair,.... desperatly chasing notes,... u just have fun with it,... i like that

[GahnJoe]

You do this piece great justice.... FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

[SirPricelot]

Beautifully eerie! Seems a sympathetic eulogy to stories evils.

[DarkDrakee]

Your cover is kinda relaxing, although the song is written in Mol. Your guitar cover as a game sountrack fits really to games' (roughly like Zelda) environments like a dark forest for instance.

But anyway, thank you very much for the cover, it is really well played and I like it :3

[alajeff]

That's amazing

[Voldness]

That is awesome, brings back so many memories. Gimmie some zelda and castlevania:)

I'm 28, I'm an 80's child wish i was an instrument player

[Knivesijiry77]

Pinnacle of Perfection, Good playing..

[jamastabass]

yeah man... what a good job. metroid is my favorite game ever. i mean that. i really do. the 1st game with a world stopping shocker... wait, what.... i was a girl hero the whole time... !

[RussianBreed]

they shoulda hired you when they made the game

[zoasz]

make a tab pleaseeeeeeee i'd do anything!

[MrZangetsu468]

best metroid song ever, best acoustic version ever

[sleekat71]

This is an awesome song and this version is absolutely BRILLIANT!! AWESOME!! I saved this to my favorites. Just goes to show you how cool the music on this game was back in the day compared to other games back then. This is really great!!

[ttjtnt]

awesome...but sorta creepie

[spaceorbison]

@ttjtnt Its Kraid's lair of course its creepy!... but its also a beautiful and mysterious sounding piece at the same time.

[Sabohaque]

I like the tempo, it fits much better with the notes I think.

[WestlyProductions]

The sound of your fingers sliding from one chord to another adds a creepy tone that I've always imagined was the true intention for this song. I have all the old and new games and feel this is exactly how to this song was meant to be played, perfect ( favorited)

[RJoudrey1235]

Literally sent chills up my spine when it got to 0:45 

[CanadianRoboticWolf]

music sheets or tabs?

[gurfen]

Beautiful!

[Kaige64]

Cleanest best version I have heard yet. Amazing.

[RegistrationCop]

This makes me want to cry when I listen to it.

[watsthat3]

this is just awesome

[Krukkie]

3 people missed the like button.

[trachypithecus]

A very elegant, beautiful rendition! I like some of the liberties you took with the piece as well - you really made it your own, while remaining faithful to the original piece. Good on ya, man :)

[Asscobra69]

oh man, I wish you would share tabs^^

[arpantz]

Awesome job! You're pretty good at fingerpicking.

[pogo8bit]

Dang Dude, Great Version. 10/10

[Evilbreed26]

this is the best acoustic version i've found, the echo adds great atmosphere, this makes me wanna pick up a guitar and start playing. Great job

[lotusreaver]

Excellent arrangement dude. Keep it up!

[JulienK57]

I am truly amazed; you not only managed to cover the song, you improved it to some extent; really nice arrangement here, it even gives another feel to the song. And for that you really deserves credits. Eh, makes me want to cover it too !

[damitw1969]

It's not easy taking a tune from a video game of the 1980's and 1990's and turn it into a workable piece of art. Not only have you given this a beautiful intro and a clean finish, but you've managed to somewhat reimagine the piece ever so slightly in the middle. It's easily one of the best remakings of this tune I've heard. Kudos!

[Saiha123]

Brilliant. Who needs a piano? The part around 1:10 literally made me want to pick up guitar tomorrow... Thanks for uploading this :)

[M43k0]

Love it! ;)

[zoasz]

omfg plz im beggin you give me the tabs plzzzzzzzzzz <33333

[insidious420]

Holy. Crap. This is AMAZING sounding, literally a perfect, awesome sounding version of the original. Sounds great on an acoustic done like this, & expertly played. Crazy, crazy nostalgia trip, too.

[XSangaX]

this is amazing, and i think it would sound awesome on a classical guitar too, although the steel strings give it the creepy/relaxing sound it needs, if theres a tab for this out there somewhere i would LOVE to get my hands on it.

[Gothic0Gaara]

Amazing job! I could definitely heard this on an album.

[MasonB15]

Very impressive!

[AkasunaNoPauline]

dude you're awesome

[RegistrationCop]

I had to comment three times on this video, that's how good it is. You're really a talented person thats all I can say. The song is spot on. Nothing wrong with it at all. It may be even better if someone played drums on a keyboard in the background though. I can do that. Any way to send a copy of the song to me so I can try adding some drums in to keep a beat?

[RegistrationCop]

love the part beginning at 1:04.

[RegistrationCop]

wow that takes a lot of talent. good job man. the music has a strong feeling. i love music like that. music that evokes a deep emotion

[dojcharger]

It's in a different key than the original. If you ask me, it sounds prettier that way on acoustic.

[blues03]

What's up with the Capo?

[gregorioster]

amazing cover. Its a beatifull song.

Thanks for shearing it.

[Kokosnuss]

screeming for tabs =)

[Kokosnuss]

@Kokosnuss

screamng... screAming!!!

[imanewguybastard]

Damn nice. Any one can shred it and stuff but acoustic guitar takes precision and you NAILED it!

[Helix73]

@imanewguybastard While I do like this I find both sides need to have proper work.

[zoasz]

can u plz make a video telling how to play it ??? plzzz

[Underlingz]

best cover ive seen keep at it =D

[TacoBellAreAwesome]

Very nicely done.

And that's all I have to say about that.

[mkhwkns]

Dude. I'm not trying to suck your dick or anything, but that was beautiful. I like how you changed the feel of the song but still kept the feel of the song. Nice.

[Mysticulum]

beautiful!!! i think i will go for some super metroid now!;-)

[Sutoraida1975]

I can almost see it. Space Pirates sitting by the camp-fire under a starry sky... Singing the tale of Kraid and his lair. :-)

[Krukkie]

@Sutoraida1975 Nerds say the darnest things...

[CYCLOPSONE]

@Sutoraida1975 ROTFLMAO!

[snoman99991]

Eerie and beautiful. This has had a profound impact upon my day.

[ChazFoxMCR]

Holy crap this is beautiful. :D Favourited and downloaded.

[landshark666]

This was incredible. Well done!!!

[Asscobra69]

This video has been added to your Favorites.

[fuzz085]

even better than your first version. perfect.

[maurobeardy]

i would buy a steel string guitar only to play this

[atogon]

it doesn't look hard it is hard