Thanks dood!

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*quality

Transcript for literate folks.

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Cello anyone?

http://videosift.com/video/Striking-cello-arrangement-of-Ast
urias-by-Georg-Mertens

Cello anyone?

http://videosift.com/video/Striking-cello-arrangement-of-Asturias-by-Georg-Mertens

Andres Segovia strikes the killing blow!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guitar-Masters-Andrs-Segovia-plays-Asturias

Your video, Guitar Masters - Andrés Segovia plays "Asturias", has made it into your personal Highest Rated Videos listing. Congratulations on a job well done. For you contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

We all know they should be playing this...

So not to get into a conversation with myself here, but in case anyone else cares:

I asked mother Google and discovered that the piece in the video is "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz. However, Robbie Krieger (The Doors' guitarist who wrote Spanish Caravan) was asked if parts of the song were lifted from that, and he said no, but parts were actually derived from "Granadinas". In fact, the owners of the rights to Granadinas sued The Doors but won only the publishing that was earned in France, where they resided. The strange part is that I don't hear a clear resemblance between the song and Granadinas, but the main theme of Asturias is almost exactly the main theme in Spanish Caravan. At any rate, there is your useless music fact of the day.

Andres Segovia would destroy him with a few plucks, shattering his reality, to the point that every time he so much as looks at a guitar he would smash it in sheer frustration before collapsing, wailing in a pool of tears...

I am very strongly against the rage against the machine "riff" on this list. On the basis of the riff itself it's garbage. I am not familiar with the track, so maybe it is totally rockin'- but it's not rockin because of a so-cool-best-ever-omg-killer guitar riff. One chord and a wah-wah pedal do NOT a "riff" make.

That having been said, I would also scrap Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, and Lynyrd Skynyryr from the list. Mr. I have too many ys in my name is a very very catchy riff, but DAMMIT that's not rock- it's country!!!

... what's that? Oh this isn't just for rock?

Shit, well that opens up a whole new bag of cats now doesn't it?

What about
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Andres Segovia - "Asturias"

Or even programmed guitar- how about Ministry - TV II, or Nitzer Ebb - Murderous?

OK, so nobody will ever pick those, I agree. I'm just saying, if you want to have a list, you've got to pare it down SOMEHOW. Just rock, or just metal, or something.

But whatever, as was pointed out, nobody will ever agree with a list, and while there are GLARING deficiencies with this one (in my opinion), my strongest beef with with rage against the machine. That isn't a riff. It's a chord and a wah pedal. argh.

Other than that, the list needs Metallica (Enter Sandman or Master of Puppets), probably at least one more beatles (Come Together, or birthday), some CCR (Suzy Q), and some floyd (Another Brick in the Wall, the trippy trippy floaty guitar riff at the beginning of shine on you crazy diamond, money, any of a dozen more), and probably at least one doors and one santana track.

Then change the Jimi to Voodoo Chile (slight return), and AC/DC to highway to hell (or just get rid of ACDC altogether) and we'll have a much better list.

OK!

John Williams throws down vs Andres Segovia!?

Farhad,

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guitar-Masters-Andrs-Segovia-plays-Asturias has clocked 100 votes!

Williams is great but I prefer Andres Segovia's version!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guitar-Masters-Andrs-Segovia-plays-Asturias

DOWN WITH JAKE!!!!

*Throws molotov cocktail at Siftbot*

Andrés Torres Segovia, (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist, and later nobleman, born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern music scholars.

Segovia claimed that he "rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies," and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls. In recognition of his contributions to music and the arts, Segovia was ennobled June 24th, 1981 by the King of Spain (S.M. el rey Juan Carlos) who elevated Segovia into the first hereditary marquess of Salobreña.

Leyenda (Asturias) is a work of classical music written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Originally written for piano in G minor, it was Francisco Tárrega who transcribed it for guitar and put it in its most recognizable key, E minor. It is the most famous section in a suite entitled "Suite Española" (Op. 47), noted for its delicate, intricate melody and abrupt dynamic changes.

Honestly if this doesn't get at least 100 votes, am leaving VS. Because next to the dynamite appeal of Jake Shimabukuro, Andrés Segovia is a thermonuclear weapon.