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  • i just thought this was the judge judy theme song....

  • A great guitarist shouldn't play the over and over commercialized Symphony of a great composer. Poor Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • if i had a dollar for every pixel in this video, i would have one dollar

  • this guitarist is too underated ;[

  • @HellsHighwayTrooper

    name one person who has underated him.

  • @AVFC0711 That was 10 months ago. However, i'll still explain that i meant it in the sense that, hes not got the recognition i think he deserves.

  • i thought zaza is a cort endorsee? is that a musicman he's playing?

  • @nbubu1986 That is a music man hes playing. This was before he was endorsed by cort. Now, I believe he is endorsed by carvin.

  • Dracula

  • cool frank zappa on drums

  • Got to see this live Tim Owen's Tap House in Akron for a little warm up show for One Silent Night on Saturday. A simply fantastic performance by Neil.

  • Neil Zaza is coming to Cleveland this December if anyone is interested ... (he's been in China all these years)

  • No he used Musicman guitars then he was approached by Cort to have for a signature so went for them. Makes sense since he tours alot in Korea..

  • let's quit all the BS, neil zaza.dave martone,and steve morse are the best.

  • If Beethoven were alive to hear Zaza he'd drop his piano on him.

  • @fivecatseatmoose he probably wouldn't hear him lol

  • @TheKirkYates Haha! Luckily for him.

    Watching him grinning like the Cheshire Cat while playing 'Little Drummer Boy' makes me wonder if being a Christian causes a sort of musicality lobotomy or if a musicality lobotomy causes one to become a Christian.  Can't figure it out.

    Listening to Zaza play is the musical equivalent of Jeff Koon's photos of him and his wife having sex. Hard not to look and desperately hard to forget.

  • @fivecatseatmoose

    I was going to tell you how much of a loser you were for posting such a scumbag comment but your account has been closed .. probably because all you do is criticize people. jealous Bedroom jerkoff syndrome.. the wanabees that dont practive and spend all their time on youtube flinging mud... yeah good luch with your carreer.

  • @fivecatseatmoose

    @fivecatseatmoose

    I was going to tell you how much of a loser you were for posting such a scumbag comment but your account has been closed .. probably because all you do is criticize people. jealous Bedroom jerkoff syndrome.. the wanabees that dont practice and spend all their time on youtube flinging mud... yeah good luch with your career.

  • @fivecatseatmoose

    @fivecatseatmoose

    I was going to tell you how much of a loser you were for posting such a scumbag comment but your account has been closed .. probably because all you do is criticize people. jealous Bedroom jerkoff syndrome.. the wanabees that dont practive and spend all their time on youtube flinging mud... yeah good luck with your carreer.

  • @fivecatseatmoose

    I was going to tell you how much of a loser you were for posting such a scumbag comment but your account has been closed .. probably because all you do is criticize people. jealous Bedroom jerkoff syndrome.. the wanabees that dont practice and spend all their time on youtube flinging mud... yeah good luck with your career.

  • The Jeff Koons of the rock world... very sad.

  • @flipsonkr hahaha you don't know the original do you, its nothing like beethoven wrote it. I enjoy this, don't get me wrong, but its just the small intro of the symphony.

  • cool scale uh? ^_^

  • he needs to stop smiling. it's weird.

  • hard rock cafe in where?

  • And that's you, 9653bs, I'm referring to.

  • Can you say... douche bag?

  • ehh no offence patrobls but you sound liek you have no idea what you are talking about VAN HALEN is F**king unbeliveable and "Zaza not be as technical as vai"? "WHAT! their all unique accomplished musicians and they can play each others music with ease thier all in the same "leage" got back and listen to eddies playing theres a reason why he revolutionised guitar playing

  • @vonbarren Those two you named cannot play Vai with ease..his style is the most unique, the way he bends ald phrases..no way

  • @vonbarren learn how to spell.

  • i learned one of zaza's songs im playing it for school talent show

  • evh is one of the pioneers in technique specially in tapping

  • why ?

  • Cleveland Rocks!

  • I Love it when they mix rock ans clasical

  • did he switch to musicman guitars?

  • Yup.

  • 2 Words.... Guthrie Govan.... they won't allow Guthrie on G3 because he'll outplay them all using they're own styles...

  • true, guthrie is on a higher level xD

  • wtf is he wearing

  • I want that fan.

  • great!!!

  • how come Neil isnt that famous??

    this isnt fair

    for such talent...

  • Very strange that Zaza is not as famous as Satriani , Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai, because he is just as good as them.

    It will be time that Joe Satriani take him on his next G3 tour.

  • Neil Zaza have something not to many guitar players have, he is very good with melody, and this is very important if you make instrumental music.

    I heard a lot of guitar players with a lot of technique, but with not so good melody's, and than you get bored very fast with that cd.

    But Zaza is not only good with melody, also his tapping and sweeppicking is very good.

    But a G3 with Zaza will not come, first will be Eddie Van Halen, satriani want him for a long time for his G3 ( me too).

  • @fastisno1 you should check out kee marcello!!

  • @fastisno1

    Honestly. I don't think Van Halen is as great at guitar as he gets credit for. He's good, but not great. I've just recently become a fan of Neil, and he's probably one of 2 instrumental artists I could listen to a full album of. The other Being Jeff Loomis who I regard as possibly the greatest guitar player I've ever heard.

  • @gergaginflopple Eddie Van Halen is a legend, like Hendrix. He basically revolutionized the electric guitar, as Hendrix did. Is he as good as Steve Vai ? No. No one is.

  • @fastisno1 That's ok, Fastisno1 . . . Neil's already opened the G3 tour in the past, and he's already opened for Joe Satriani as well. If the opportunity comes along for him to tour with Joe again, or to do the G3 tour again, I'm sure he will. :)

  • @fastisno1 Don't get me wrong. I love VH work. He was a phenomenal and everything. But I don't think he'd fit in G3 recipe. He's a part of great rock band. I just don't see him as a instrumental music kinda guy :) G3 with JS, Vai and Eric Johnson once again would be nice :)

  • @fastisno1 zaza has played with all the G3 guys lol, just not while they are together. I would love to see them all on stage n be the G4 and add eddie for 5!! EPICCCC

  • Don't get me wrong, I love Van Halen and am massively inspired/influenced by his stuff (as is pretty much every other guitarist), but I don't think it's wrong to say that Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, AND Neil Zaza are TECHNICALLY better than Eddie...

    They're in a different league of playing skills.

    EVH is awesome none the less.

  • hey yeah completely agree

  • ok...u got urself wrong....

    technically... neil zaza can't even be compared to eddie... however, satriani and vai are definately more technical

    not even joking...

  • But whose mmusic would you rather listen to? Honestly, this sounds pretty cheesy to me, and I would ruch rather listen to EVH anyday.

  • Me too, I was just commenting on technique though.

  • Van Halen isn't in the same league as satriani, petricci, eric johnson, steve vai, or pretty much any g3 musician. And Zaza might not be as technical as vai petrucci or satriani but he is as technical or more than eric johnson, and the reason Johnson was part of the g3 was because of his great musical ideas, phrasic and melodic control, which Zaza has as well, so he would make a great creative addition to the g3

  • playing beethovan's 5th.... wow is he smiling

  • hes so relaxed when he plays in all the videos ive seen of him hes just smiling and spitting out crazy shit this guys great

  • somebody get me the tabs for this please

  • download the guitar pro and u can search

  • I got to meet Neil Zaza up at Jam Camp 2008 in Park City, UT june 15-21. I was known as "STIXX" to him :P (i play the drums and have been for 12 years now)

  • AndrewDeLong is right. You should really listen to some Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

  • Also, listening to this calls to mind the words of the great David St. Hubbins: "...There's such a fine line between stupid & clever."

  • I went to see this guy play with nelson as they openened for Boston. Toally shredded our faces off...caught his pick...then Boston came and whoped our assaes....possbly the gretest night of my life.

  • that would hav been insane dude i saw zaza live and his song i'm alright just blew the crowd away and i got to get his autograph then chat w/ him hes cool

  • Hey,

    Nice job ! Great ;)

  • Awesome !!

  • No,man.I think Mr.Beet like it.Seriously

  • Is this Spinal Tap?

  • When I watch this I think of the words of the great Nigel Tufnel: "...is 'tis ah joke?"

  • this is by far the best version of the 5th

  • its decent, but you need to listen to some Trans-Siberian Orchestra my friend.

  • Great !!!!!!!!!!!

  • waouuuu amazing!!

  • neil zaza always play with a smile on his place..

  • i know, thats how you can tell he love's making music.

    i try to always smile, but i end up frowning when i mess up

  • lol i would but i play in a death metal band and i would look funny playing evil music with a smile

  • Haha, yes that would be kind of freaky!

  • no dude, that would be incredibly evil, death metal bands think they have areputation to uphold, think about Dimebag Darryl he always smiled on stage. Imagine everyone serious all the time, and the exception would be you, if you rip something awesome lay on an evil smile, Jack Nicholson style, they'll eat it up, i know from experience, if its a good show let em know its the best.

  • oh sorry for gram error.. i meant "face"

  • LOL place and face haha! awell...

  • Haha, he always looks so happy! His love and joy of performing makes the whole song more enjoyable :)

  • this is why the electric guitar is the best instrument

  • Unbelievable. So incredibly good.

  • woah crazy sweepin at 1:56.... how old is zaza?

  • i think he's late twenties early thirties

  • no neil is in his 40s

  • haha...crazy

  • Let you know that hendrix was the first one to play tapping, admitted by van halen.. which is half of the shit vai does..

  • hendrix is kinda ok... but he has never been anything special... i mean... he was and still is influential... but compared to zaza, vai, satriani or even guys like zappa and let's say hammet... hendrix was an amateur... i luv his music... but he's noway my technical idol... i'd toss thousands of names in the ring... bb king... erik mongrain... adrian legg... paco de lucia... but they're different sort of guitarists... but technicaly still better than hendrix... zaza rocks so bad... i dig this...

  • gosh i feel raped-but in a postive way-never heard of that guy before-just fkn the best i EVRRRR HEARD-Hendrix is a joke compared to him,and i admire Jimi..WOOOOOOW

  • is zaza the most influential guitarist of all time

  • i always liked stevie ray vaughn myself,

  • then tell me who ELSE is capable playin what is goin on from on 1:56 ???-

    anyone who has a slight clue tells you:NOONE.-

    btw-Jerry C is nice,his newer version of Pachebel`s canon even nicer-but NO match to THIS.-dunno,but i listen to Hendrix music for quite a long time,he`s own of a kind but THIS is kinda extraterrestrial,watch his waiting room session if ur arent convinced..

  • First of all, Jerry C is a chump who lives in his parent's basement. Jerry's decent, but he can't play live. If you've seen his lives, major suckage. Zaza has years of experience and a whiole lot of emotion in his playstyle.

  • yea i agree with bobombom, jerryc is very talented but not great live.. zaza is in another league.. compared to hendrix, i cant really say, hendrix was more influential, but i prefer zaza

  • i agree with ulaw this guy is good but is no where near hendrix, page, rhoads or any of the greats

    and to blackholesun if u wanna see play shred like he did at 1:56 look up some of the shit by shawn lane, paul gilbert, steve vai and Micheal angelo batio

  • as i said above SRV

  • un monstre :D ça tue

  • do you think beethoven would be proud or disguested

  • descusted lol!!!!!!!!!!  :P

  • It's DISGUSTED NOT Disguested nor discuted!!!AND NO HE WON"T BE DISGUSTED..He'd be asking himself what the hell that instrument is and how honoured he is to listen to his composition adapted on an alien instrument!!

    You ignorants...This guy is brilliant!

  • i never said it was rubbish its awsome but i mean its not realy beethoven's type olo :P (listen 2 im alright buy this guy its wiked!!!)

  • lol it's not like they didn't have guitars back then. I'm sure some guy adapted Beethoven's song into guitar at the time, but Beethoven would be surprised at Zaza's performance. "Why does that guitar sound like thunder?"

  • mind blowing and energetic WOW

  • waw, very nice... hmmm, thinking if who's got more skills, if neil zaza or jerry c.. hmmm...

  • zaza deffinitly has better presentation, Jerry plays it the same EVERY time, zaza spices it up and changes it almost everysingle time he plays live, and he also usually plays muc faster then Jerry. but jerry is still fucking amazing

  • Your being sarcastic right? Typing Zaza and Jerry C in the same sentence?

    Oh you are? Thought so...

  • ZaZa is incredible but this cover aint the best. I think Malmsteen nailed this cover tbh.

  • no he looks like me old grandmother , fine now???

  • lol is it me or does zaza look like ross from friends with his hair like that... xD

  • ZAZA > malmsteen!!!!!!

  • Let's not get carried away. Although Malmsteen's a bit sloppy, he's still able to do better things than zaza.

  • this is shit.. watch yngwie malmsteen's version!

  • Indeed!

  • link it.

  • neil is my guitar teacher and taught me half of this song

  • you damn lucky bastard!!!8->i would walk 4 hours trough the mountains every day to his house to have half an hour of guitar with him..

  • waz this like on tv? or sumthing?

  • I'm tataly agre with you

    'albumflaps' (i'dont care if you can play 3 million notes a second, this sort of heart and passion is what makes a fantastic guitar player)

    music come's frome heart go to athers heart

  • I LOVE THIS GUY! Look at the smile on his face as he shares his talent with the audience! I dont care if you can play 3 million notes a second, this sort of heart and passion is what makes a fantastic guitar player GREAT! This made me smile as much as he does!

  • some people have the funniest come backs.

  • and really stupid ones too =]

  • neil has one of the great version...very clean sweeping and very melodic tone

  • my god dude this rocks, i like this version

  • Dude can play!

  • Zaza is better than Malmsteen... like, just in general. You know, with the real melodies and such, instead of Yngwie's play as fast as you can and whatever you do don't slow down approach

  • Not really. All I ever hear Malmsteen doing is widdling about in harmonic minor. Zaza comes up with interesting, melodic music with real feeling, which even carries through when he's shredding. Malmsteen *just* shreds. Only my opinions though... I guess a lot of my hatred for Malmsteen is born from his wanting to be Blackmore.

  • Yngwie doesn't *want* to be Blackmore! He was/is greatly and mainly influenced by him! But Yngwie's 'saving grace' is that he incorporated his own style of breaking arpeggio sweeps which he executes flawlessly! Neil keeps getting better and better though.

  • why do you check out Neils stuff when u keep bashing him ,, if i send you a neil cd will you listen to it ,, i like the same you do Eric J i have seen him a bunch of times in boulder at the coast , denver , chicago ,i have seen yngwie a few times but he does not get a good following in G,R do u like rusty cooley , Tony M , vinnie m ?? what dont you like about neil i will listen your old friend dannycorser lets listen to each other Sorry danny !!

  • that was for sophiegromit !!! get back with me ,,

  • I've heard him on MP3. I will pick up a CD or 2 of his for better fidelity. Which do you suggest?

  • That's nonsense! Yngwie is NOT Blackmore, and has adopted his own signature style. His solos are phenomenal in that they build up tension, then let go. That's HUGE in rock! I'm coming to appreciate Neil more and more though. I will listen to him more.

  • why are you in like every neil zaza video comment area... >_> you just keep bashing. and if you are talking about neil Zaza CD's, id just suggest his rewind CD or "when gravity fails", thats more "shredding" if you prefer.. =.=

  • Why NOT? It's a free country (to an extent, actually, if you want to get technical about it), more or less. Neil is OK. He himself told me that on a scale of 1 to 10, he is a 5.

  • modesty is common in genius'

  • neil taught me this

  • Most of the song sounds very good but the tone of the fast scales & the arpeggios sound like garbage.

  • I agree with you prfctly, Yngwie Malmsteen version is better nevertheless this one is also very good !!!

  • I like Yngwie Malmsteens version better, but Neil is an amazing guitar player!

  • but that wasnt malmsteen version because he never did one, it was some random dude

  • Actually Malmsteen has done it in some of his live solo spots...

  • i didnt deny that, but the supposed malmsteen version of this song floating around tons of p2p servers is NOT his.

  • super play !!and tone!!

  • *clapping hand noise* well done dude you rocked

  • i love this rendition

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