Going to California

[sabaqat]

if anyone else is interested... the easy way for me to play this song is to tune the heavy E string to the fifth harmonic of the A string. then when i'm done i can just tune the 6th string back to the seventh harmonic of the fifth string. i don't have the best ear but i seem to be able to do that okay. retuning all the strings to duplicate phil's tuning takes enough work so i would never do this song if i had to do it

[RANGERVETBRET]

wow that was kool . im lucky 2 get sandard 'E' tuning on this guitar i rebuilt in early 80s so I can cross this 1 off my list, lol, you did make it look easy which shows your talant.

[sabaqat]

I didnt make an mp3 of this but I downloaded the video with a few others and I play it while I drive sometimes

[H0egaarden]

I sometimes just turn it on in the background cuz i like this version so much!

[sabaqat]

your cover is a million times better than the other covers on youtube. you are the man. you should write your own songs too, and do more covers. maybe some pearl jam. the other covers on youtube of this song are really awful, so awful that i want to write nasty comments but i feel guilty. but your version is really awesome. i am going to put this on mp3 and listen to it in my car.

[guitarguy1495]

awesome cover and cool interpretation. keep them coming

[titoflorez]

Right on!...Good Show!.

[noreplicanastia]

Hey man, great cover. I like the style goin on. Keep it up man, do something .

[1Doz]

Wow, very pretty and musical. I especially like the section starting around 3:18.

[manofsteele504]

Excellent!

[valentinfgerendi]

che re zarpado amigo congratulations

[reksub10]

only one thing to say .....awesome

[oneswinter]

emaculate playing, thank you!

[pauligii]

i think i have the same guitar as you,...do u have trouble withe the action of it, mine is much to high i was wounding how to fix that

[narnioro]

Awesome it's a good interpretation of the original you are alone and the sonority is very good and gentle Awesome our friend

[ZeroDie666]

sounds groovy

[TheRealWanDeezy]

can you send me the tab?? or any sort of help

[H0egaarden]

next time set the camera so i can see what you're doing with your left hand!

[H0egaarden]

Really nice!

[grahamy34]

are you playing in open G tuning?

[PhilPlay]

Dropped D tuning but all dropped a whole tone. CGCFAD

[redlinechavez]

@PhilPlay Wait, if everything is dropped a whole tone, then why is your heavy E tuned to C? Shouldn't it be D? (Or did you start at D and tune it down to C)?

[PhilPlay]

@redlinechavez yes, every string dropped a whole tone

then heavy 'E' string (or rather D) dropped another whole tone to C. (acually I just tuned to a random string and that's how it turned out)

[MrLino]

@redlinechavez He said DROPPED D, down a whole tone. Dropped D is DADGBD. Now put this one step lower.

[vonkiser]

close.....keep tryin.......I"rewrote" bron-y-aur when I was younger so it made sense as well......good job man thats how you learn

[HowellAtTheMoon15]

@vonkiser Can you play it any better?

[vonkiser]

yes I can....and I play it with the correct tuning.

[halfdano1]

really nice playing - could you send me an explanation or some tabs? I would really like to play the song like this.....

[spxcmiler]

lovely face

[PhilPlay]

It's coz I'm an ugly bstd!

[maryfayce]

Aw! You're not ugly - it's beautiful (handsome if you like!) that you can play that! Nice one :)

[Francosalvaneschi]

Its in C

[mjt11860]

what tuning do u use? can u send me the explanation u mentioned? nice fresh arrangement!

[dsvogel420]

"somebody told me theres a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair"

[kblime21]

that was friggen cool man nice job

[sabaqat]

i heard there's a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers... in her hair

awesome, almost better without the singing, thank you

[jds987]

wow this is awesome, and you are totally right about the Joni feel to it, I think I am going to think about how joni would do it everytime I hear the song now

[TheRealWanDeezy]

thats sooooo cool!! you should throw in a bongo player i think it would sound pretty awesome

[rewirewi]

sweet version bro, a little too folky afta awhile for i think.

[felix0130]

you've skills nice!

[burnabit]

singin and playin along man, thanx for sharing

[garydmckenzie]

different..........

[MoYoisDope]

I wonder how tomorrow can ever follow today

[limelight136]

that was great!

and yes if you ever do get the chance to post the tabs for this song, please do tell

[MueX]

Very well done!

[jj79tr]

Hey, great job, one of my favorites on the y tube. thanks for the inspiration.

[thegazzamataz]

Fook me pal - ill sing for you

[gajary91]

hey man awesome cover its my favorite one on youtube! do you think that you could send me the tabs or explanation of how its played? thanks alot and thanks for posting this

[BazzTheBoss]

this is even better than the original, you arranged the guitar and mandolin perfectly!

[anthonybrady]

its not possible to be better than an original song but still a beautiful cover! Check out my cover of "Going to California" on my page! Let me know what you think! Subscribe to me please!

[jeremyblank69]

I agree with anthonybrady. It is not possible to be better than the original, BUT much RESPECT to you PhilPlay for your rendition :)

As for you BazzTheBoss or should I say "AzzTosser", your comment "sucks donkey balls."

[BazzTheBoss]

i am allowed to have my own opinion! now stfu!

[jeremyblank69]

Yea everyone is allowed to have their own opinion, except yours does NOT count. You "suck donkey balls." Taste your own medicine loser. :)

[BazzTheBoss]

self-righteous idiot

[slipperydipsarefun]

Very nice arrangement indeed. Kudos to you!

[abcaines]

Great arrangement. Nicely done.

[cchdddy]

you are playing in C major. Great arrangement dude

[bluemeany]

Great job.

[JJDarklink]

love it. better than the original.

[JJDarklink]

i love how people are voting me down because your arrangement is better than the original arrangement.

[funset89]

yea cuz that was a dumb ass comment

[JJDarklink]

oh, now i understand because now i know that was a dumb ass comment.

where did you get your learning? i'll bet you were top of the class! i should probably go there and get smart just like you!

oh wait, then i might go and have to jump off a cliff.

[funset89]

you know how stupid that sounded go back to your comedy central buddy....

Led Zeppelin rules rock so i dont want to hear blasphemy from you again...understand

[JJDarklink]

oooh, threats on youtube.

who threatens his buddy anyway?

look out everyone, he'll find you and make sure you never shout any "blasphemy" again.

stop taking it so seriously. do you have so little of a life that you need to defend led zeppelin? trust me, they don't care!

[funset89]

your right, im sorry...i sometimes forget what this song is about and what led zeppelin is about and almost every band in the 60s and 70s

i forgot about Peace and Love,

i am sorry man....=]

[JJDarklink]

well, that was unexpected.

its ok, i forgive you.

=)

[funset89]

see we could be friends=)

[saprando]

@JJDarklink fags

[BazzTheBoss]

it is better

[victorwow]

What tuning are you using?

[rockxxnxxroll]

ahh i want the tab for this

incredible, its like the fifth time i've listened to it, you took it to a whole new level i'm inspired

[flargenpoo]

Yeah, cool arrangement. I'm pretty sure I even heard a bit of When The Levee Breaks in a part of the vid.

[reksub10]

awesome by the way thats the best arrangement since jimmy himself 10 stars

[hellopeople53]

i love your arragement. best ive heard for this song. i wish i could play like that.

peace love & music

[koaliapostrophei]

hey man you know where i can get the tabs to this of like the website or something

[ozzypink]

good arrangiament...

the outro is like the riff of "when the levee breaks"

5*****

[rideeastern184]

hey man what tuning are you in dadgab dadgbe or dadgbd

[Harvschannel]

Love it!!!!!

[shaolinironfist]

awesome dude ...awesome

[DiRTMP]

Great cover! how did you get it?

[PhilPlay]

A mate of mine used that tuning and played the intro like that but the rest I just sort of made up ('cause try as I might I don't seem to be able to do the picking like the original!)

[Whiteshark8]

What tuning are you using?

[jj79tr]

very cool, I like you take on it.. strumming instead of picking.

[brennan08512]

very nice, great work

[Acecraven]

wow that was great!

[shoulderoforion]

Super-bad-ass, not just PhilPlay! love the levee outro!

[Harvschannel]

Tight brother!!

[nobodiesherosowat]

yeah loved too!cant find it either.tried ultimate guitar but it doesnt sound right!!!

[Ontrii]

Anyone know where i can learn this song, cant find it on youtube =[

[WhisperSessions]

Very nicely done. Great interpretation!

[vegan26]

your hard work has paid off here, really nice that you can make a classic your own and still sound great

[neogeno213]

hey this is a great version. I would love to learn to play this how you do. thanks a lot for sharing this. I enjoyed it..

[djwalsh41]

very very nice, i like it a lot

[zeppelin8]

fantastic version in a different key. congrats!

[pitcel]

fantastic man, fantastic...

regards from argentina

[maniacguitar]

Good job, and as samnight said, good to know people know there are other Joni Mitchell fans out there.

[ArtDog92]

i like it

[mtreed55]

Nice version of a beautiful song. Congrats!

[thawkeye24]

Wow! This puts a very unique spin on "Going to California". It has that nice, folk quality that could be appreciated by any Led Zeppelin fan. Great job!

[Bartlettstud]

i usually dont like covers changed up but this was awesome good work bro

[musicloveranthony]

This is outstanding. What tuning is this in? I'm very impressed :)

[PhilPlay]

It's standard tuning with the bottom E dropped to D. I say 'standard' but the guitar's not in concert pitch on the video. I'm a bit lazy when it comes to tuning and will tune to a random string! I'll probably do it again properly sometime.

[musicloveranthony]

Don't bother, haha :) relative tuning is the way I play also. I like to tune where I can sing, and since I don't play with anyone, it works out just fine :)

[Karmakameleeon]

so where is this explanation of how to play the this song of which you speak? can u plees send it, i'm anxious to know.

[samnight]

Wow...that was fantastic. Obviously you know Going to California was written about Joni Mitchell. Thanks for making my day.

[oneparticularwave]

Great style; great song!  Thanks!