As a teenager, I never had a chance to play a musical instrument or have my own band. I was either interested in other things (computers) and my musical anti-talent was very hard to overcome. But after I passed 30 years last year, I decided to treat my self with a nothing less then an electric guitar. I had no clue what to do with it, how will I find time to play it or how hard can it be to learn it. All I knew was that I needed it.
Here are my six reasons I bought the guitar for.
6. All along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
What can I say about this song other then - just phenomenal. Listen to the guitar God.
5. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler and his cheerful gang. This is one of my favorite songs and an exceptional guitar piece. Video from '84 Live Aid.
4. Always with me, Always with you - Joe Satriani
This maybe one of the hardest tunes to master of all here, but the sheer acoustic beauty of it is unmeasurable. Way to go Joe, you are a genius.
3. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns'n'Roses
Everyone's favorite, yes it's mine too. I would say one of the best guitar intro solos of all time.
2. Canon Rock - JerryC
Pachelbel's Canon is my favorite piece of classical music. Want to hear it on electrical guitar? Embrace yourself for a truly amazing experience.
1. Coming Back to Life - Pink Floyd
To me, Pink Floyd was in music of 20th century what Mozart was in 18th. Out of too many great songs to count, I picked up this one as my favorite. Thank you David Gilmour for bringing this to my life.
I bought my guitar and an amplifier for less then $200. Starting guitar lessons cost about the same. After that it's only you, persistence and will to learn. One day you could be playing this. Now, how cool is that?
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Hi! My name is Vladimir Prelovac. I am a computer engineer by profession and an adventurer by state of mind.
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Hi
I promise myself I am going to take the guitar up one day soon,all my relations play and some of my nephews
play it, write songs,and have even formed a band,they got some vids on youtube and have a facebook account you can listen to young terry and william here http://www.myspace.com/terrymac86 I think they are cool,they wrote all these songs.Gets embarrasing when they come round and play I feel quite hopless just watching them.
Mike
Well Mike, it only gets harder with time. Today is your lucky day ;)
Well, I tried to learn to play guitar years ago, but it just wasn't for me. And few more guitar classics:
Metallica - Master Of Puppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEL6_SuQCu8
Rainbow - Stargazer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFk4KfFYHgU
Rush - Working Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MebM9-w5woc
Ahh you should not quit so easily.. Guitar playing is what keeps me sane these days ;)
Top 1 should be spytunes since it's now free to learn for real
Take your time ;)
I am up to it.. I just need to practice... a little bit ;)
I see we share the same passion for Joe Satriani and Pink Floyd :) If you'd like we could meet up for a jam session somewhere in Belgrade.
BlogKing, thanks a lot for pointing that out that video. That's incredible!
Thing is I was at Mark Knopfler concert just 10 days ago, one dream came true :)
Vladimir,
Your site is just fantastic. I have been reading practically every post since I discovered it recently.
Check out this version of Sultans with Mark And Clapton in 2006. Smoking great still. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-JyAGUsys
Nice one!
Although i play many instruments, the one i love the most is the guitar. I have a whole collection that is constantly growing!
I think Comfortably Numb is number one Pink Floyd song ever.
http://www.lyrics007.com/Pink%20Floyd%20Lyrics/Comfortably%20Numb%20Lyrics.html