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  • 229 idiots

  • he looks like a wax figure

  • at least he got part of it right. it IS a guitar...

  • the paganini 24th caprice is beathifull and pretty y like this video but the information is wrong ._.

  • creo que el capricho 24 de paganini en guitarra electrica no tiene ni la mitad de la dificultad que el mismo en guitarra clasica (acustica) asi que relajense y disfruten la pieza

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  • Fake, fake, fake...

  • What are you serious this is not Jason Becker I already saw the original video of that Asian Female guitarist who played this song exactly. Jason only played Paganini's 5th caprice. Get your shit together Tyrone.

  • Ese no es Jason Becker ademas el titulo promete Guitarra electrica , Chbupenme el cpico.

  • Thanks for the ad, glad you're making a buck off of Jason Becker's name, using someone else's music. Let's see, Becker didn't play the Frankenstrat, and whilst Eddie and Jason could play classical guitar, this sounds exactly like Williams studio recording.

    Get your facts straight, and, oh yea, stop trying to make money off people with talent, whether their name or their work, as you obviously have none. Unless the proceeds from your ad revenue are going to cure ALS, seriously, go die.

  • jason didnt play this but he easily could lol, have you heard of serrana?

  • @TerrorizerGrindspeed Jason did this! He played that caprice 24 after when Yngwie Malmsteem said it's impossible to play Jason did this.

  • This is ji lie, Asian chick, amazing

  • THIS ISN'T JASON BECKER. You're only exemplifying how good John Williams is, dummy! LOL!

  • Long live Jason Becker!

  • missleading?

  • I want to tell you, by the most respectfull way possible, you are an asshole! It ain't Jason Becker playing, it's John Williams.... And in the photograph there is Eddie Van Hallen....

  • BRAVO-- nice piece!!!!! Not at all easy to translate to guitar. Jason Becker is a genius, no doubt.

  • For a proper treatment of this piece, I refer you to Elliot Fisk.

  • This "video" is fail in a large empty box wit FAIl written on it that has been left on the FAIL bus and sent to FAIL TOWN!

    I could have gone on but got bored.

  • This is definitely John William's version.

  • nunca escuxe la guitarra electrica eso sipo

  • He is th efucking best in all world god damn it !

  • Anyone who actually believes this is Becker is brain dead.

  • @rfcbeach And your a pompous ass

  • @yogithecamel Not really. It's pretty easy to tell one musician from another when one of them is your biggest influence to play the guitar.

  • @rfcbeach What tipped you off?

  • @yogithecamel The first note.

  • wtf , this's john williams - the australian legend of classical guitar

  • I want an electric guitar that sounds like THAT, lol. Is this like a Rick Roll? Only not effective? Or will it get me later when I'm sleeping?

  • amazing!!!!

    

  • ITS NOT JASON BECKER

  • What the f@ck is going on here men?! Jason plays on this record! Who the f@ck cares about that picture?! Yeah, it's a classical guitar playing not electrical! And now what?

    Are you on your minds? Jesus! Listen to Jason's music for God sake!

  • what a disappointment. That is Eddie Van Halen's picture, That is not Jason Becker Playing. And that is Not an electric guitar.

    what a dick

  • wrong artist. wrong picture. wrong instrument.

  • @seanncali what a disapointment

  • Jason Becker is a true talented guitarist. He is one of the kind.

  • .i. ese es eddie

  • lol "on an electric guitar" ... yea right

  • lol the uploader is my new hero xD

  • a pesar de todos los errrrrrrrores de la subida del video... el tema es hermoso!!!

  • @GoodMetalFTW have you read my comment, idiot? This is CLASSICAL GUITAR, not electric guitar. THIS, and not the pic, is the matter because this isn't jason becker. This is a Paganini transcription for classical guitar, and ISN'T BECKER. The pic is a detail.

  • Check out Li Jie playing this piece, it will blow your titz off..

  • Truly ignorant! This is classical guitar and not eletric, this isn't Jason Becker, in the pic there is Eddie Van Halen... this is a fake...

  • @bachinblack94

    so because there is a picture of a different person it can't be jason becker? idiot.

  • fail post!

  • How dare you put a recording of John Williams playing the Paganini caprice 24 and attributing it to Jason Becker? I hope you get sued.

  • @marceck1 I agree!

  • For all the retards, let's finalise. This is John Williams' recording.

    Not Jason Becker, or Van Halen - these two couldn't hold a candle to John Williams in the '80s on the classical guitar, despite being great electric players.

    End of story. Enjoy the recording.

    PS: If you thumb this up, the slower kids will see it before any other comments.

  • @RandomMocker Yeah, and if you ever heard John Williams try to play electric you'd realize his limitation too. He couldn't hold a candle to Eddie or Jason. End of story.

  • @IYAMNI Ahhh heyy, you must be one of the slower kids I was referring to. At no point did I ever say John was a better electric guitarist - I SPECIFICALLY said "they couldn't hold a candle to him on the classical guitar". Keep working hard, learning to read is an important skill!

  • @RandomMocker PS: I don't even like John Williams' classical playing that much, I find it to be pretty unmusical. I like Van Halen, though, and as for Jason Becker: I used to like him, but now I think if I just wanted to hear lots of scales and arpeggios, I'd just go practise...

  • @RandomMocker No offense taken. Been called worse by better. But still smart enuff to know the implications of the unspoken. Every art is a discipline in and of itself. Williams sux on electric. I've heard it. Just pointing it out. Sorry to ruffle your feathers. You'll outgrow it.

  • @IYAMNI lol? Nothing I said was "unspoken". Any "implications" were all apparent. You still don't get it... I know Williams sucks on electric, I don't even like his classical playing that much. I'm sorry if you are actually retarded.

  • @RandomMocker 'Retarded' Eloquent. Let me retire now, unscathed, for how could I fare against so tepid a wit as thou? Excuse if I thought you an advocate for Williams since you seemed so offended by the candles others might hold to him... and when. I find him exemplary of classical technique. His Aranjuez is probably my favorite, next to Angel Romero's.... and De Luca's for it's raw sensuality. If you're going to disparage the intellect of others, you want to exhibit some of your own. Ciao.

  • @IYAMNI I'm sorry, I assumed you were aware of the medical terminology was "mentally retarded"; and "retarded" was  simply acting a contracted version of the terminology. As for eloquence, neither of us have particularly went out of our way to display such technical literacy. I do appreciate what he has done for the guitar community - he has achieved more than most in history for the instrument. With regards to his playing though, his dry, unmusical style is not to my tastes.

  • @RandomMocker His earlier years were much better than his more recent years with regards to his interpretation, as they were more thought out, and basically, I think he cared much more back then. In the concert of his I attended recently he did not seem involved at all. I would agree with you on De Lucia's interpretation of the Aranjuez, it is my favourite.

    My aim was never to disparage anyone's intellegence, you were just reading my comment so wrong I thought there must have been something...

  • @RandomMocker His classical technique is definitely masterful, I doubt anyone would ever disagree with that. As a classical guitarist myself I envy the ease of which he pulls off some of the things he does. Look for some other guitarists called: Pavel Steidl, and my friend Marek Pasieczny. I'd recommend them both highly.

  • @RandomMocker I have never been offended by anyone holding a candle to John Williams, what may irritate me is people stating "HE'S THE BEST EVER!!!!" ignorantly, but that's the most anyone on YouTube could affect me in a negative way.

  • @RandomMocker You may dress your replies up in whichever fancy manner you deem necessary, in perhaps a futile attempt of intellectually looming over me, but my friend, you should try to improve the content of your comment first as it seems, quite often, to be misguided, not thought out enough and lacking of any impact what so ever.

    I agree, let's end it here, enough has been said on the subject.

  • @RandomMocker have to say this but jason could be very close to john.did you listen to jason's bach playing?

    he isnt that good at classic but very close

  • @guitarfreak23397 ughh... just no. Please stop, fanboy.

  • @RandomMocker I think you are understimating Jason's skills. He could play this stuff, of course, with a pick. Maybe you just cant understand how good he was... I personally prefer other kinds of music right now(like flamenco), but I was a huge Jason's fan in the past, and I can say: dont take him lightly, he was a DEMON.

  • @Ugallardo gods will always be gods and i dont even believe in religion

  • @RandomMocker aaw common becker its very possible but def not eddie not a hope

  • FYI: this it the famous version by John Williams. I knew it the moment I heard the first pluck. He does a great job in making it sound almost thought it's a baroque piece. Perhaps for harpsichord.

  • It is good whoever is playing the ACOUSTIC GUITAR. It isn't Van Halen. And what was supposed to be the harmonic part was just played as notes. but I will listen to it sometimes. I like the Jei Lee version best of all. That is how it really should sound when played on a guitar. Party on.

  • FAIL forro de mierda

  • FAIL

    

  • THE GUY IN THE PIC IS EDDIE VAN HALEN NOT JASON AAHAHHAA

    DONT FUCK MAN

  • and thats not an electric guitar lol

  • This is obviously the recording of John Williams playing the Capprice. Perhaps the most famous guitar version recorded at the end of tape technology.

  • elliot fisk clearly

    what a fake!!

  • @CantWaitUntil2012 hes hammering on with his left hand and then playing harmonics with his right. just a guess but thats what it sounds like

  • (It says song by John Williams at the side)

  • dude you should check your sources, even the picture is wrong... :)

  • Just shut the fuck up and enjoy the music !

  • jason is the king of guitar

  • That is a master classical guitarists, which Jason was not despite being an incredible electric player. This is not Jason Becker playing.

  • Words cannot describe how much fail this video is..lmfao

  • This is Dumb UGH

  • PARA MI EL MEJOR!

  • @guasouskiful chabon vos sos pelotudo o no entendes que no es ni becker ni van halen? jajaja

  • John Williams play!Eddie Van Halen Pic?Jason Becker in the title?Electric Guitar???

    WTF ¬¬

  • @Leonardoo69 WTF is right.

  • @Leonardoo69 LOL seriously this is ridiculous

  • this is not electric guitar

  • ES EDDIE VAN HALEN. NO JASON BECKER.

    IMBÉCIL !!!

  • This guy is not Jason Becker, ain't John Williams neither... the original performance is from Elliot Fisk. There is no one video in youtube of this exact studio version, but look the video and analyze the technic of Elliot, one of the best guitar players in the world.

  • @raulreinaguerra lol you better be joking. Elliot Fisk is a piece of shit guitarist with millions of amateurs being MUCH better. He's a fucking joke.

  • What? Who would mess with Jason Becker?

  • Some people are just tone deaf and cant here the feeling in his playing!!!

  • Lol its a picture of eddie van halen with the music of John Williams claiming to be jason becker lololol

  • This isn't Jason Becker, it's John Williams.

  • That is Jason Becker ~ awesome awesome awesome bravo!

  • This ain't no electric guitar, I know because I'm an electric guitar player of the neo-classical genre. This sounds like Elliot Fisk.

    Oh by the way, I also loved Jason Becker's work.

  • Shut the fuck up all of you knowers !!! One says jason's version would be alot better, but just did'n realized that it's a classical guitar playing, other says electric guitar is shit. But stupiness is everywhere and music is not an exeption

    Peace

  • We could argue all day about classical is harder than electric or vice versa. In the end, it doesn't matter. Do you have fun doing what you're doing? Do you enjoy playing guitar so much that it gives you a boner/makes your nipples hard? If so, then just keep playing, keep having fun, and never let anyone take that away from you. Talk to Jason Becker. Can't even move his body, but he is still creating music. He loves what he is doing. That's all that matters.

  • asi no le sonaria a jason becker jejejeje

  • bah, jason becker lo hubiera hecho 10 veces en el tiempo que dura el video.

  • fail, isnt this the vid of that little Asian girl beasting it on the classical guitar?

  • @metalliholic This is the studio version of John Williams playing the 24th Caprice. It's off of his classical compilation called "Warning Guitar". I know this because I learned playing the 24th, as well as many other songs, from that CD.

  • @JCASHrip Cool didnt know about this, ill check it out.

  • I am shure Jason could do it. But this is not his recording. I play both electric and classical guitars... so I play 5th caprice on electric and 24th on classical. Not an easy task but not impossible)

  • To juanmafull and the other 26 people who think Jason Becker's version would

    have been better than this: That sounds like ignorance and you are probably making an evaluation on speed factors alone. SPEED has very little to do with great music making. Tempo is just one aspect. This classic John William's recording is an epitome of tone, phrasing, and cleanly articulated sound. There are very few who can play at this level.

  • @paultreselli Dude most shredding fans have no idea what music is. They say "is it fast/difficult? SWEET" They do not realize that ALL well trained musicians can play this shit. It its about the tone, phrasing, emotion, feeling. THAT is why they do not realize how embarrassing it is when shredders try to play classical music. They think that Jason Becker, a rock guitarist, could play it the way Williams plays, or any other classically trained guitarist. Ugh it pisses me off

  • @MikeyIV Well it all comes down to " is this pleasing to the ear?" or "does this influence me in some way?"

    I mean I guess for some pure technical gymnastics provides a sense of euphoria. I can say for myself that nailing a difficult passage is a high...but it may have not been musical to the listener. So perhaps some of the shred heads would benefit from widening their listening scope and also rethink what they qualify as music.

    I've had to do that many,many times.

  • @paultreselli What i was saying is many pure shredders see IF they can play it, and consider it a great achievement when they play a fast piece of music. They don't understand that anyone can do that. Musicians understand that a piece's speed is only one very, very small part of the playing. The true difficulty comes from the phrasing, the feeling, the emotion, and movement. It is very embarrassing when people think that Jason Becker could ever play this like John Williams, a concert guitarist.

  • @MikeyIV I Point taken and I agree for the most part. But I think we should also clarify that there's a major difference in the tools used regarding electric vs acoustic. Classical style picking versus plectrum ... completely differ in technical approaches. Although there are techniques in classical that employ -up-down

    picking for speedy lines. But for the most part they require a different approach. So even at the highest levels of

    skill, there are things that will be more...

  • @MikeyIV adaptable to either instrument. So an electric player could play with 'classical' precision...many do.

    I would venture to say that we would see more of that caliber in jazz players, but in any case, it's a moot point.

    We and other posters could go on and on about who could do what... but I agree with you in that Becker had electric guitar skills , not classical. But perhaps in an electrical guitar style Becker could have played this piece with a similar level of precision and smoothness

  • Classical guitar requires a level of control and accuracy that is not existent for the most part in shred. There are a few exceptions and Becker most likely had the kind of drive and capacity to be able to play high caliber classical works. But this , for the record, is not Jason Becker, it's the great Australian classical guitarist, John Williams.

  • I felt compelled to say this: Jason Becker was an amazing electric guitarist but

    one could never compare shredding with the rigor of classical study.

  • FAIL!

  • Lol, biggest fail of ignorance and trying to deceive people, first this is John Williams playing, proof here: (/watch?v=39iSblezm1M) second and the biggest laughing matter, this is NOT!!!! an electric guitar you can really hear the difference... im not trying to tell Becker was not good, he was amazing and still composing today which is amazing.

  • The poster is a moron and a dick for not taking down this stupid video

  • John Williams, and not Becker -.-

  • Ma non è Jason Becker fa un sacco di errori sul tempo O.o

  • Hasta creo que es una maldito midi

  • I hear acoustic guitar staccato and finger dragging, so not only is this not Becker, it's not even on an electric. I call shenanigans.

  • NO ES JASON BECKER. 

  • it lloks like van halen but its a pagganini song its jason becker who plays it huh

  • no es Jason Becker eso no lo savìa ¿entonses cual es el video original? me bolveria loco de felisidad si lo encuentro es una cancion sorprendente esta en mi numero uno mi musica favorita, que alguin me diga

  • no es Jason Becker eso no lo savìa ¿entonses cual es el video original? me bolveria loco de felisidad si lo encuentro es una cancion sorprendente esta en mi numero uno mi musica favorita, que alguin me diga

  • The Van Halen photo of eddie kinda kills the whole point. its a slower softer version, not really eddie style.

  • THIS IS NOT JASON BECKER - I'm pretty sure that this is John Williams version (and a very beautiful slow and clean version I might add). Becker played parts of the 5th caprice like yngwie.

  • Jason Becker may have played this, but this isn't him. It'd be wayyyy better for one

    two; cacophony&the go off album?

    enough said.

  • 1. Van Halen picture

    2. Not Becker

    3. Not Electric guitar

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  • FAAAAAAAAAAAIL!

  • hey,idiot, thats eddie van hallen in the pic.

    dont trust everything you see in google

  • that's not Jason Becker version for sure ....

  • not jason becker...

  • let the legend roll

  • WTF, this isnt even an electric guitar.... upload fail, still beautiful interpretation

  • WTF! this is John Williams, preforming on classical guitar. Jason becker doesnt even play classical guitar. And btw that is obviously Van Halen on the picture.

    YOU FAIL AT YOUTUBE!!!

  • @infectionsman Certified Intergalactic Comment! It's acoustic guitar.

  • @Dogaradodia yep, classical guitar = nylon strung acoustic ;)

  • Paganini and Becker together is like Newton and Einstein or Poe and Lovecraft. Thank Satan the world haven't exploded yet for the excess of epicness.

  • that isnt jason becker, jasons version would be alot better. And thats a van hallen photo. Fail.

  • @juanmafull i believe you are correct it sounds to me like john williams who is a master classical guitarist. I don't see what could be improved on though it sounds pretty dam good to me.

    Yep its definately John Williams playing i have this version on cd.

  • @juanmafull lol'd

  • @juanmafull i wouldn't be so sure that jason's version would be better... this is a good classical guitarist...

  • Guys, Jason is going to release an old recording of this in his next album

  • must have uploaded wrong track. that aint electric guitar.

  • This is the classical guitarist John Williams.

  • wtf upload stupid..... muy imbecil ese nombre no tiene q ver nada con jason becker ,respeta almenos mierda song goOd

  • This is not jason becker, it is some classical guitar player . Jason BEcker is a very good electric gutar player but he does not play classical guitar, that is fucking hard

  • @danrockstar93 if you can play electric you can play an acoustic?! its the same concept. and by you saying that its really hard is like saying its going to hurt when a pregnant woman gives birth (it happens no matter what)

  • Really amazing. He has a very good musicality, palys the capriccio rather slowly but guitar version probably requires a different speed than the violin one. However, he has a wonderful touch, really good taste for rubatos and accelerandos, crescendo and diminuendo, and also is very clean

  • you should delete the comment thing on this man people can get to into their cyber fights

  • that isn't jason!

  • Is there anyone on this shout and attack forum old enough to have seen Jason perform live? Just asking?

  • Good song but false advertising is bullshit.

  • Sorry; sounds like John Williams to me :))

  • 1st this is not Jason and 2nd it's a lot harder to play on electric distorted sound with a pick.

  • I'm not doubting the guitarists ability, but that's an acoustic he's playing, not an electric.

  • @LV10624

    and?

  • it;s JOHN WILLIAMS for god sake!

  • waaaait theres something wrong with this video... correct me if i'm wrong but isn't he playing an acoustic here? :P

  • This is NOT Jason Becker,although he was capable of playing this

  • @AnnaAnnaYes *sigh*

    No, he was not. Becker was a metal guitarist, not a classical musician. To play this requires years of studying and immense dedication, not to mention technical abilities beyond that of most rock musicians.

    Becker worshipping is really getting sillier and sillier by the hour...

  • @YngtchieMusic You are entitled to your opinion. I was a Jason Becker fan

    long before his unfortunate demise. Are you saying that guys like MacAlpine

    Morse,Vai,Gilbert,Satriani.amo­ng others,did'nt study and don't posses dedication

    and technical ability?. Classical virtuosos like Eliot Fisk and Manuel Barueco

    don't share your view,and are friends with those "ordinary" rockers that i mentioned

    However,i do respect your view on this matter.Take Care!

  • @AnnaAnnaYes Where did I mention Morse or MacAlpine, or any of the other guys? No, they do not possess the abilities required to play this piece at this level. I mean, Joe Satriani? He plays classical guitar now? C'mon. Becker was great at what he did, but he was not a classical guitarist.

    And since when did Eliot Fisk opine that Jason Becker was a classical guitarist capable of playing Paganini pieces on John Williams' level? Do you have any single smidgen of evidence to back up these claims?

  • @YngtchieMusic I mentioned them because they are ALL trained musicians

    Morse and MacAlpine do posses musical degrees.Belive Wikipedia if you don't

    belive me. And check Eliot Fisk's bio while you're at it,he has many friends in

    the rock world.Every musician i mentioned has posted thier bios online,they

    speak for themselves.

  • @AnnaAnnaYes No, Fisk's bio says nothing of the sort. No, a musical degree does not automatically make you a classical musician on John Williams' level. And no, Wikipedia is not a consistently reliable source of information.

    You are simply making a whole bunch of claims that you can't back up with any evidence. You say that Jason Becker was capable Paganini's 24th Caprice on John Williams' level, yet Becker was not a classical guitarist to begin with.

    Saying something doesn't make it true.