One of the greatest, sure. Criss Oliva, Jim McCarty, Michael Schenker, there are many great guitarists, each with his approach. If you play guitar, you know there is no "greatest." Rather there are greats.
I never get tired of hearing Randy's amazing playing. There is no one else for me that could speak like he did with a guitar. He's the reason I bought a guitar in 1982 and play still. RANDY FUCKING RHOADS.. I thank him for what he gave us and still miss him everyday....
Randy Rhodes was a guitar God. I often wondered just how good he would have become and it's almost unimaginable to the point where I can't wrap my head around it .
Randy Rhoads is by far my favorite guitarist and biggest inspiration in music. In my opinion he was the best to ever live. Eddie Van Halen was amazing but there is just something special about Randy's playing that no one can ever replicate.
If Randy would have lived. He would have given EVH a run for his money and surpass him I’m 150% sure of that. I often wonder what rock in the 80’s would have sounded like if he would have lived. Just image the music we would have gotten from him. Thank god Sharon was smart to send them back in the studio just before going out on tour after Blizzard. Diary was even better than Blizzard and always will be my fav Ozzy album.
Randy is alive to me. I know he's physically not here, but honest to God, he keeps me going. Thank you so much for this technical analysis. I don't know anything about playing guitar but you taught me alot anyway. I'm grateful.
Like you, Randy is my favorite guitarist of all time. When I heard Over the Mountain around the time it first came out, it made me buy a guitar and grow my hair long. And yes, back in the day I learned all Randy's guitar solos. No player since has surpassed him for my money. The amazing thing about Randy's playing with Ozzy is that there wasn't a wasted note. Not in my book. Over the Mountain is the ultimate heavy metal song in every way.
There are very few humans that play a particular instrument that can literally hit you in a soft place inside of your heart and your soul, to the point where you can become emotional just within the first few notes , Randy Rhodes is one, Alex Lifeson is another one , Neil Peart is another . . . . I can name them on only one hand , I absolutely live for the feeling, passion and cleanliness that these guys transmit through their mind and body . . . . Anyone can play like Neil Peart with enough practice but you're never going to have the feel, not even if you lived a thousand lifetimes . . . . .yea you can play Randy Rhodes, but can you invent it ? No fuckin way !
it is easy to play what someone else wrote, the genius is coming up with it and putting it all together for someone to be able to emulate and copy. These people on youtube getting lauded for playing a song well, that;s nice but who wrote it.
I love Randy and I was 11 when he died. I wasn’t a guitar player until 1984. I didn’t know how great he was until Tribute came out and blew me away. I loved the 2 Ozzy albums but Tribute was a whole other ballgame lol. Back then I had to buy the whole album in tablature and no RUclips!
Randy could make that guitar talk, that's for sure!! So many great guitarist died way too soon!! Heavens Rockin hard!!!!! R.I.P! Gone but not forgotten!
Thanks for the insights on Randy's shred. This guy was so amazing. I never tire of hearing any song on Diary or Blizzard and its been 40+ years! Its not only his solos that make him amazing but his rhythm work makes every song on both albums something special. I hope Randy, Eddie and Dimebag are jamming together somewhere.
Randy loved him... He was really ahead of his time.. always learning to become better too. So awesome he was... Thanks bro for the music .. what a nice guy he was too.
Big Frog, Sorry to say my brother but I'm from Leesburg, Florida. I could tell you so much, I was about 14 or 15 and me and my best friend Joe Visconti were on the way to see Ozzy and Randy in concert, we got the news Randy Rhodes and some others died in a plane crash and turned around immediately. Another friend of mine mom served Ozzy and the band Alcohol (after the accident)right across the street from where I lived at the Holiday Inn . Rudy Sarzos account of this he mentioned a church where Ozzy was crying out to God why?? Well that was a Lutheran Church and the doors were always open and it was also right across from where I grew up. I remember this vividly like it was yesterday
This guy was such a legend, inspired me in every way. Since about five years ago I’ve learned practically every song he created, and had made me such a better musician just taking his knowledge. I love your enthusiasm about him too, same way I feel brudda. Great video
Legato is a core characteristic of those OZZY albums. I had a guitarist in a band I was forming. He practiced that style (It was 81-82) and eventually got it down and incorporated it in his playing. He really shined on his solos. I wish I had some of this on tape. He soon left for college and I didn't see him for 4 yrs.. we got together one night and he played a demo tape of a group he had at ASU. SHit the band sucked but his solos were the best sounding thing I ever heard in my whole life. He really had a flair heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads.
I remember that awful day like it was yesterday. In my bedroom listening to the radio... it was like getting punched in the soul. My favorite player by far from the first listen of Blizzard. He's the ultimate guitarist to me, and he was only getting started!
I believe that Randy Rhoads would have been bigger than Edward Van Halen. Eddie got involved heavy with drugs and drinking and for more than two decades he didn't do much of anything. Randy didn't believe in that partying and wanted to go back to school to practice the classics.
Can you imagine what Eddie could have done if he did not waste all those years completely wasted OMG . Randy was never going to be bigger than VH his style of playing was 100% more known and recognized with VH he was doing things that just turned the world completely upside down . I'm not talking about the tapping stuff either. I'm talking about his entire approach and style was just completely nuts . George Lynch said when he first heard VH he was about to quit playing admitting I cannot believe this guy he's from a completely different planet . Randy admitted in early interviews that Eddie was was an inspiration to him.
He was not the first to do the classical thing in heavy music. Listen to the scorpions albums from the 70’s with Ulrich Roth playing the leads. He double tracked his solos too. Way ahead of his time.
You are correct, Uli did it very early, and I have also credited him on other episodes. Maybe what I meant to say was that Randy was the first I heard, I didn't get into Uli until much later
randy is and still the best there is eddie van halen cant compare to randy randy was great with quite riot he was great then two his mother was his music teacher god rest you both rip deloris and randy roads you both are greatly missed
Glad (some of) you guys liked the video! The entire podcast can be found here: themetalshop.podbean.com/e/randy-rhoads/ . It is, in a sense, a "love letter" to Randy. A Tribute. It was made with that intention. If I got any details wrong, I'm sorry about that!
2:20 The Crazy Train solo is wonderful, though its composition can be viewed from a higher viewpoint. It's 16 bars, broken into four 4-bar sections. Each section is a call-and-response with a strong sense of resolution in bar 4. The detailed analysis is very good; IMHO it is also important to see the "architecture" of the composition. Fun video!
12:55 I'd call this phrasing 'completely unhinged' :) It's a great contrast to the frighteningly accurate and dark/evil-sounding alternate-picked passages that surround it. The solo tells you that not only is this a scary and dangerous persona, he's also crazy. Incredible stuff.
So thrilled to see a qualified person break down Randy. While I was a huge EVH fan from day one, Randy's playing always struck me as far more melodic. His playing on Mr. Crowley is simply epic and stands in a class all by itself. I also loved Gary Moore and George Lynch is incredible. Gun to my head, I have to pick Randy as the greatest hard rock guitarist ever but my personal favorite guitarist will always be David Gilmore.
@@Cynical1x3 It was so fun back in the day sharing guitar rock with like minded people. Me and my boys were always have you heard this or have you heard that? So much fun. We all loved guitar rock. The End Of The World by Gary Moore completely blew me away the first time I heard it.
@@Cynical1x3 Weren't they ever though. I was driving a 1968 Chevy Impala with an Alpine stereo that was worth several times more than the car. The first time rocking Wrathchild was nothing if not memorable.
Thanks for the video. Randy is one of my favorite guitarist, if not my favorite. I've read many of the other comments. I agree, what would be, if he had lived. His playing, blows me away after 40 years. Love to hear him. Again, man thanks for the video, excellent job.
RR is one of my ALL TIME FAVES (EVH, PAIGE, HENDRIX, BECK)...I think though that Blackmore was the guitarist I recall who introduced classical motifs into rock guitar. OMG! I never tire of hearing RR!!! NO ONE PLAYS LIKE HIM!!!
Great breakdown of 3 great solos. Good selections, there are so many more you could do this for every solo he ever did. The outro solo to Tonight being one I cannot listen to enough.
I am glad that you said “the music that was inside of Randy.” Nice informative vid, man. I survived the R.R. vs EVH stoner circle battles.... The FHA solo always sounded like pt 2 of CT’s...IMO 🤯
I wasn’t born yet so I never saw Randy but he is definitely my favorite guitarist of that era. What I like best about him is he plays to the song. You can almost hear the song in his guitar solos. One guitarist who is often referred to as the greatest sometimes sounded to me like he didn’t even HEAR the song he was soloing over while he was shredding spectacularly. I wish there was more of Mr Rhodes’ brilliance available to listen to.
I do not think anyone ever hears a solo from Randy and thinks that it did not fit the song. Randy was a songwriter, and a lead player second, he did not even take lessons on playing lead until his teens. I think sometimes other guitar players focus more on the solo and how that sounds, rather than making sure it complements the song
Thank you for your walk through of these solos. I'm just learning these solos (+ Mr Crowley) and it's so interesting listen to you analyzing them much in the same way I am doing myself trying to get everything right playing them. There is such energy, joy and musicality in his solos that always brings a smile to my face and then I grab the guitar and t r y to play it the way he did...but there's only one Randy. Rock on bud!
I liekd the comment on Over the Mountain, as that really is applicable to all of these guitar heroes, it might be easy to replicate or do, but the genius is coming up with it, and the stuff on Over the Mountain is amazing. There is a part of the solo where people think he was using the tremolo, but there is live footage of him tugging on the strings on the neck and not using the bar.
B ,you got that right!!!!! There will NEVER be another like him,it’s weird that you said he asks a question and the f...kin thing answers him!!!!!! Wow ! It’s like he is one with guitar 🎸,I loved him so much , what a shame,I guess that’s an understatement huh? R..i.p beautiful soul.
Dude. That was so so awesome for someone who only knew Randy was and is the most amazing guitarist. I know nothing about music except what is great. Thank you for your explanations, now I love him more than ever.
Stikado is when every note of a phrase is picked, Legado is when you play the phrase with hammer-on and pull-offs and pick as few notes as possible. A pentatonic scale is a five note scale where you basically drop the 2nd and 5th degree from the major scales. It is not simply a blues scale. Finally, a pick scrap is simple scraping the edge of the pick down the string and can be done on any guitar with any amp, even an acoustic. You can get the effect in the song from any high gain amp. It dose not have to be a tube amp.
I use to live eat and breath randy! Every lick , sound he got , pick scrape I tried to learn on my cream colored Les Paul . There's also dee, no bone movies, Mr. Crowley , crazy train had the best tone of Randy's and just ripped. Oh, another one as good as over the mountain is S.A.T.O... that solo is great. Oh, revelation mother earth Another one of his very BEST!
it's triple tracked Randy triple tracked his solos per Max Norman and you can hear one guitar in the righr, left and center, Crazy Train though, Randy apparently deliberately played them slightly different in timing.
I've got the lingo it's the talent, skill, licks, and the knowledge of the notes I have trouble with, when I figure that out I'll play just like him🤔😒😒😒😏😉,
LMMFAO @ Now if that solo doesn't tell you everything you need to know about Randy Rhodes, I don't know what the fuck to tell you . . . . . Mr. Big Frog, this was an excellent explanation of someone 's playing that is so incredibly difficult to put into words ! Subbed just because I have been trying to describe it for so long and you've done it with flying colors !!
Eddie vs Randy argument is not valid. Randy was a pure metal guitarist who had his own amazing style. Eddie was a rocker, but more versatile whether it be pop style, radio rock, or heavy stuff like the earlier albums. Even Randy said that he was influenced a lot by Eddie.
He could tap both ways he only used a pick for the spotlight solo and in the "I dont know solo" but in the quiet riot days back in 77 or 78 I seen him tappin without pick and doing pull offs like acdc and hes tapping normally at the beginning of crazy train
I would have used the solo from Mr Crowley. I also love Over the Mountain. I still believe Randy is unsurpassed as the greatest rock/metal guitarist who ever lived. Had he lived he would have become the greatest classical guitarist as well.
I think those are accurate points, the beauty of Randy is you can ask 21 different people to name his best or their favorite solo and you may get 21 different answers from the Ozzy era, including the solos he did on th Sabbath songs, , Children of the grave so good.
So Randy didn’t start playing classical guitar till he joined Ozzy. Ozzy had Randy take classical guitar lessons to compliment what Bob & Lee were writing.
I do not think that is correct, he actually started out on classical guitar as a yute at age of 7. Ozzy did not have Randy take lessons in fact Ozzy quetioned his decision to take lessons. Randy was taking classical lessons at his own choosing.
Pentatonic scale IS NOT a blues scale, as you err at 6:10. There is an actual blues scale that has the tritone from the major scale in the pentaonic scale. Diatonic Blues in G: G A# C C# D F G Diatonic Pentatonic minor in G: G A# C D F G The difference between the two scales is the Blues scale has the "devil's tone" and the pentatonic lacks it. In the case of G blues, that devil's tone is C#.
No! Randy did NOT employ a two-handed tap at the beginning of the solo! All of us who grew up learning this song know that! We also knew that anyone who couldn’t play this note-for-note cheated by playing two-handed! Need evidence? Look at past editions of Guitar Mag with the Tab in it as well as watch live videos of Randy playing...lots of famous guitarists achieve the two-handed sound with one hand...Vai, Malmsteen, Satriani, etc.
I agree that it can be done more than one way, and I wish there was more video so we could know for sure. Unfortunately, the one good video shows Rudy Sarzo during that part. Wolf Marshall was my go-to transcriptionist in those days, and he always transcribed it the way I described it, so that's how I learned it. Could I be wrong? Could Wolf be wrong? SURE. Here is a source for the way he transcribed it (pdfcoffee.com/ozzy-osbourne-original-randy-rhoads-guitar-tab-songbook-pdf-free.html). If you have a TAB for the way you do it, I would love to see it. I'm always ready and willing to learn more about Randy!
I to loved Randy's playing. However he wasn't the first to play classical music infused solos. Blackmore smoke on the water the infamous first 4 notes are Beetoven's 5th inverted. Pat Travers put his version of Beetoven's 5th on vinyl. I wish he was still here.
I love this analysis...I think one-thing should be stated is the mix of the Blizzard of Oz did not adequately reflect Randy's brilliance. The Live versions are far better. The Tribute recordings are just amazing.
I agree, sort of. Blackmore incorporated entire pieces of classical music into his songs and live performances, so yeah, he was the first to use classical music. What I meant about Randy, was that he was the first to take classical influences and blend them with his other influences to create his own style. In other words, Randy didn't take Beethoven or Bach phrases and quote them in his licks, he just wrote his own licks that "sounded kind of classical" in their own way. IMO, he was the first to do it, and the best at it, but I could be wrong and I often am.
@Big Frog Purple and Rainbow had these song structures with interludes and bridge sections that had different moods. I think since Bob Daisley was in Rainbow and Sabbath it had a lot to do with Rhoads experimenting in minor keys , mainly because Rhoads really knew harmony and how to blend and apply scales . RR with Quiot Riot played really major sounding songs like Slick Black Cadillac, I think writing with Bob and Lee from Uriah Heep was an amazing chemistry, Don Airey was really the soloist in Uriah Heep the guitar player Mick Box couldn't tie Rhoades shoes. Opinions vary but Mick Box was no Uli or Jon Sykes
your first statement is totally wrong.......there's a guy from Toronto named Rik Emmett , that plays for TRIUMPH....he started all that classical to metal first !!!!!....sorry but facts are facts....just check out the song THE CITY....it has 3 parts to it !!!!!!...same with the tapping....Rik was doing it even before Eddie Van Halen.....Triumph's first album came out in 1976....
@@oba1560 I'm not trying to put Randy down, I love the guy, he was a great player, with Ozzy.....Quiet Riot with him sucked !!!!...I seen Triumph 5 times and Rik Emmett solo 3 times.....some really small places, when he toured solo....also , I have seen Randy with Ozzy 4 times....3 times the Blizzard of Ozz tour, , once in London Ontario, and twice in Detroit....then in Feb. 1982 again in Detroit at Cobo Hall, the Diary tour...Randy died about 3 weeks later.....I was lucky to see him 4 times in one year....if you look at it, that is all he did in one year.....in North America,,,,and a few months at the end of 1980 in England, with Bob and Lee.....Everytime I saw him it was with Rudy and Tommy !!!...Damn it would have been nice to see the original Blizzard of Ozz !!!!....I was like 17 and 18 when I saw these concerts....
Triumph was my first concert. I love those dudes and Rik Emmett. I think your statement is totally valid, but most people would not consider Triumph to really be "Metal," so as far as Classical to Metal, I stand by my opinion. There is also the fact that many people (sadly) don't know who Rik Emmett is, so the impact of what Rik did was somewhat limited.
@@Cynical1x3 you are right, they aren't considered metal by most....neither is Van Halen, or even some Sabbath......but in fact they were the hardest of the music at the time....2 Triumph songs are in the top songs of the 70's, that are on the list considered thrash metal.....look it up on youtube under 70's proto speed / thrash metal songs ... ....Triumph was my first concert at 15 years old also...Rock and Roll Machine tour...Windsor Ontario Canada Feb 2. 1978
Randy Rhodes is in my opinion light years beyond EVH Eddie started worrying more about being a keyboard player than guitar player they just became a pop rock band and for Eddie who admitted to not knowing much theory and couldn't do classical style finger picking to say Randy a full time student and teacher learned everything he did from him is a arrogant lie.
Greatest guitar player to of ever walked the face of this planet. Period and I mean Period !!
Are you sure? I thought Lil Wayne was a close tie myself
@@oba1560 yeah but i think randy would be just a little better if he had been with us right now, lil wayne has got to practice way more
@@sindreholen5665 you're right 😂 just being silly
I hate absolutes but this time I agree.
One of the greatest, sure.
Criss Oliva, Jim McCarty, Michael Schenker, there are many great guitarists, each with his approach.
If you play guitar, you know there is no "greatest." Rather there are greats.
I never get tired of hearing Randy's amazing playing. There is no one else for me that could speak like he did with a guitar. He's the reason I bought a guitar in 1982 and play still. RANDY FUCKING RHOADS.. I thank him for what he gave us and still miss him everyday....
Right there with you, man!
Randy Rhodes was a guitar God. I often wondered just how good he would have become and it's almost unimaginable to the point where I can't wrap my head around it .
Who knows where he would have gone with it, but I'm pretty sure it would have been amazing!
Over the Mountain is even to this day is one of the greatest solos of all time
ABSOLUTELY!
Definitely
Revolution mother earth to steal away
Randy Rhoads is by far my favorite guitarist and biggest inspiration in music. In my opinion he was the best to ever live. Eddie Van Halen was amazing but there is just something special about Randy's playing that no one can ever replicate.
Agreed! So little recording of Randy, but it's all brilliant!!!
@@Cynical1x3 Yeah. I feel like Sharon and Ozzy are hiding some of the recordings from us though sadly.
@@ThePerfectLizrd Man, I WISH those would come out!!!
@@Cynical1x3 Hopefully we can get them relatively soon.
If Randy would have lived. He would have given EVH a run for his money and surpass him I’m 150% sure of that.
I often wonder what rock in the 80’s would have sounded like if he would have lived.
Just image the music we would have gotten from him.
Thank god Sharon was smart to send them back in the studio just before going out on tour after Blizzard.
Diary was even better than Blizzard and always will be my fav Ozzy album.
Randy is alive to me. I know he's physically not here, but honest to God, he keeps me going. Thank you so much for this technical analysis. I don't know anything about playing guitar but you taught me alot anyway. I'm grateful.
That's awesome! Always glad to meet another Randy fan!
Like you, Randy is my favorite guitarist of all time. When I heard Over the Mountain around the time it first came out, it made me buy a guitar and grow my hair long. And yes, back in the day I learned all Randy's guitar solos. No player since has surpassed him for my money. The amazing thing about Randy's playing with Ozzy is that there wasn't a wasted note. Not in my book. Over the Mountain is the ultimate heavy metal song in every way.
YES!!! So much power in that little dude!!! He was the greatest!
That OTM solo still puts chills on chills this many yrs out!!
As it should be....
I’ve said for years, If you don’t air guitar to the OTM solo, we can’t be friends.
"Over The Mountain" was the song that made me an Ozzy fan! I heard that solo and thought: "What PLANET is this guy (Randy) from?" 😳🤯
There are very few humans that play a particular instrument that can literally hit you in a soft place inside of your heart and your soul, to the point where you can become emotional just within the first few notes , Randy Rhodes is one, Alex Lifeson is another one , Neil Peart is another . . . . I can name them on only one hand , I absolutely live for the feeling, passion and cleanliness that these guys transmit through their mind and body . . . .
Anyone can play like Neil Peart with enough practice but you're never going to have the feel, not even if you lived a thousand lifetimes . . . . .yea you can play Randy Rhodes, but can you invent it ?
No fuckin way !
it is easy to play what someone else wrote, the genius is coming up with it and putting it all together for someone to be able to emulate and copy. These people on youtube getting lauded for playing a song well, that;s nice but who wrote it.
I love Randy and I was 11 when he died. I wasn’t a guitar player until 1984. I didn’t know how great he was until Tribute came out and blew me away. I loved the 2 Ozzy albums but Tribute was a whole other ballgame lol. Back then I had to buy the whole album in tablature and no RUclips!
Excellent video!
RIP Randy, gone but never forgotten!!!
Randy could make that guitar talk, that's for sure!! So many great guitarist died way too soon!! Heavens Rockin hard!!!!! R.I.P! Gone but not forgotten!
My all time favourite Guitarist.The best ever.
Thanks for the insights on Randy's shred. This guy was so amazing. I never tire of hearing any song on Diary or Blizzard and its been 40+ years! Its not only his solos that make him amazing but his rhythm work makes every song on both albums something special. I hope Randy, Eddie and Dimebag are jamming together somewhere.
HELL YEAH!!! '
When I listen to them, they are jamming with me, and I hear them in others through their influence.
Randy is my favorite guitar player of all times as well! He made me pick up a guitar and I'm sure that I'm not the only one! He lives on!
Randy loved him... He was really ahead of his time.. always learning to become better too. So awesome he was... Thanks bro for the music .. what a nice guy he was too.
Long Live Randy Rhoads!!
grateful for the legacy left behind, but saddened that we never got hear how far he could ascend. to this day i am still in disbelief that he passed
Big Frog, Sorry to say my brother but I'm from Leesburg, Florida. I could tell you so much, I was about 14 or 15 and me and my best friend Joe Visconti were on the way to see Ozzy and Randy in concert, we got the news Randy Rhodes and some others died in a plane crash and turned around immediately. Another friend of mine mom served Ozzy and the band Alcohol (after the accident)right across the street from where I lived at the Holiday Inn . Rudy Sarzos account of this he mentioned a church where Ozzy was crying out to God why?? Well that was a Lutheran Church and the doors were always open and it was also right across from where I grew up. I remember this vividly like it was yesterday
Wow, that's crazy! Such a sad and unnecessary day! You must have really felt that more than most of us. So close to home! =(
This guy was such a legend, inspired me in every way. Since about five years ago I’ve learned practically every song he created, and had made me such a better musician just taking his knowledge. I love your enthusiasm about him too, same way I feel brudda. Great video
That's awesome! I am also going back and remembering that stuff! Goodbye to Romance was the first whole solo I ever learned!
@@Cynical1x3 Actually same, relatively easy, but still so melodic. Great song, great solo.
Unmatched tone and composition on all his work with Ozzy.
Understanding roots of classical music took him there. Incredible.
Legato is a core characteristic of those OZZY albums. I had a guitarist in a band I was forming. He practiced that style (It was 81-82) and eventually got it down and incorporated it in his playing. He really shined on his solos. I wish I had some of this on tape. He soon left for college and I didn't see him for 4 yrs.. we got together one night and he played a demo tape of a group he had at ASU. SHit the band sucked but his solos were the best sounding thing I ever heard in my whole life. He really had a flair heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame FINALLY!
YES!!!
I remember that awful day like it was yesterday. In my bedroom listening to the radio... it was like getting punched in the soul. My favorite player by far from the first listen of Blizzard. He's the ultimate guitarist to me, and he was only getting started!
I believe that Randy Rhoads would have been bigger than Edward Van Halen. Eddie got involved heavy with drugs and drinking and for more than two decades he didn't do much of anything. Randy didn't believe in that partying and wanted to go back to school to practice the classics.
It would have been amazing to see what Randy was gonna do next!
Can you imagine what Eddie could have done if he did not waste all those years completely wasted OMG . Randy was never going to be bigger than VH his style of playing was 100% more known and recognized with VH he was doing things that just turned the world completely upside down . I'm not talking about the tapping stuff either. I'm talking about his entire approach and style was just completely nuts .
George Lynch said when he first heard VH he was about to quit playing admitting I cannot believe this guy he's from a completely different planet . Randy admitted in early interviews that Eddie was was an inspiration to him.
Different. Talented. Short lived. Greatness hadn't been reached.
He was not the first to do the classical thing in heavy music. Listen to the scorpions albums from the 70’s with Ulrich Roth playing the leads. He double tracked his solos too. Way ahead of his time.
You are correct, Uli did it very early, and I have also credited him on other episodes. Maybe what I meant to say was that Randy was the first I heard, I didn't get into Uli until much later
Ritchie Blackmore was also a user of harmonic minor phrasing back in the late 60s/early 70s
I guess I was one of the lucky ones that got to see Randy Rhodes in 1981 in Providence Rhode Island. He was amazing guitarist. Ozzy was amazing
Very lucky!!!
randy is and still the best there is eddie van halen cant compare to randy randy was great with quite riot he was great then two his mother was his music teacher god rest you both rip deloris and randy roads you both are greatly missed
They could be any random songs off those 2 great albums and the solo always will always be legendary. Even no bone movies
Glad (some of) you guys liked the video! The entire podcast can be found here: themetalshop.podbean.com/e/randy-rhoads/ . It is, in a sense, a "love letter" to Randy. A Tribute. It was made with that intention. If I got any details wrong, I'm sorry about that!
Randy Rhoads all time A leaguer and Hall of Famer, his playing is so melodic and his phrasing is second to none
The best of all time🤘🏼🤘🏼
YES!!!
definitely in the conversation
I like your descriptions of the notes and where the solos are going. Easy to understand!
That's great! Right on
Don't care about what other people think Randy was on his way to become the best guitarist of all time, still grieving!!!
Agreed on both!
Thoroughly enjoyed that! thank you!
2:20 The Crazy Train solo is wonderful, though its composition can be viewed from a higher viewpoint. It's 16 bars, broken into four 4-bar sections. Each section is a call-and-response with a strong sense of resolution in bar 4. The detailed analysis is very good; IMHO it is also important to see the "architecture" of the composition. Fun video!
Omg yes Randy was it hole thing
This is the Best Sir/Big Frog. So Well explained, terminology, tone, history. Keep it Real Metal Brother. \m/ Thank You. Randy Lives!!!!
Thanks for checking it out!
Yep my favorite to....... Thanks bro!
12:55 I'd call this phrasing 'completely unhinged' :) It's a great contrast to the frighteningly accurate and dark/evil-sounding alternate-picked passages that surround it. The solo tells you that not only is this a scary and dangerous persona, he's also crazy. Incredible stuff.
So thrilled to see a qualified person break down Randy.
While I was a huge EVH fan from day one, Randy's playing always struck me as far more melodic. His playing on Mr. Crowley is simply epic and stands in a class all by itself.
I also loved Gary Moore and George Lynch is incredible.
Gun to my head, I have to pick Randy as the greatest hard rock guitarist ever but my personal favorite guitarist will always be David Gilmore.
I agree! Gary Moore ande George Lynch are among my favorites as well!
@@Cynical1x3 It was so fun back in the day sharing guitar rock with like minded people. Me and my boys were always have you heard this or have you heard that? So much fun. We all loved guitar rock. The End Of The World by Gary Moore completely blew me away the first time I heard it.
@@urex1717 Those were the days!!!
@@Cynical1x3 Weren't they ever though. I was driving a 1968 Chevy Impala with an Alpine stereo that was worth several times more than the car. The first time rocking Wrathchild was nothing if not memorable.
@@urex1717 Same! I had a 75 Firebird. Both of those cars would be worth a fortune now!
Thanks for the video. Randy is one of my favorite guitarist, if not my favorite. I've read many of the other comments. I agree, what would be, if he had lived. His playing, blows me away after 40 years. Love to hear him. Again, man thanks for the video, excellent job.
LOVE YOU MATE. My hero too.
RR is one of my ALL TIME FAVES (EVH, PAIGE, HENDRIX, BECK)...I think though that Blackmore was the guitarist I recall who introduced classical motifs into rock guitar. OMG! I never tire of hearing RR!!! NO ONE PLAYS LIKE HIM!!!
Great breakdown of 3 great solos. Good selections, there are so many more you could do this for every solo he ever did. The outro solo to Tonight being one I cannot listen to enough.
That is a GREAT ONE!
I am glad that you said “the music that was inside of Randy.”
Nice informative vid, man.
I survived the R.R. vs EVH stoner circle battles....
The FHA solo always sounded like pt 2 of CT’s...IMO 🤯
Thanks! Glad you dug it!
@@Cynical1x3 it made me go down Randy roads.... thx!
I wasn’t born yet so I never saw Randy but he is definitely my favorite guitarist of that era. What I like best about him is he plays to the song. You can almost hear the song in his guitar solos.
One guitarist who is often referred to as the greatest sometimes sounded to me like he didn’t even HEAR the song he was soloing over while he was shredding spectacularly.
I wish there was more of Mr Rhodes’ brilliance available to listen to.
Definitely! Randy's solos were always complimentary to the song!
I do not think anyone ever hears a solo from Randy and thinks that it did not fit the song. Randy was a songwriter, and a lead player second, he did not even take lessons on playing lead until his teens. I think sometimes other guitar players focus more on the solo and how that sounds, rather than making sure it complements the song
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle You said it better than I ever could
Awesome video, Randy is one of my mentors and I will always appreciate every thing he is ever done.
Crosby
Great video, great subject.
Thank you for your walk through of these solos. I'm just learning these solos (+ Mr Crowley) and it's so interesting listen to you analyzing them much in the same way I am doing myself trying to get everything right playing them. There is such energy, joy and musicality in his solos that always brings a smile to my face and then I grab the guitar and t r y to play it the way he did...but there's only one Randy. Rock on bud!
That's awsome! You are learning from THE MASTER!
@@Cynical1x3 Yes he was truly exceptional, the more I learn from him the more in awe I become.
I liekd the comment on Over the Mountain, as that really is applicable to all of these guitar heroes, it might be easy to replicate or do, but the genius is coming up with it, and the stuff on Over the Mountain is amazing. There is a part of the solo where people think he was using the tremolo, but there is live footage of him tugging on the strings on the neck and not using the bar.
Great break down man! I really enjoyed it, thanks!
Glad you liked it man!
Good job, thanks for this.
B ,you got that right!!!!! There will NEVER be another like him,it’s weird that you said he asks a question and the f...kin thing answers him!!!!!! Wow ! It’s like he is one with guitar 🎸,I loved him so much , what a shame,I guess that’s an understatement huh? R..i.p beautiful soul.
Great Video. Thank you!
Dude. That was so so awesome for someone who only knew Randy was and is the most amazing guitarist. I know nothing about music except what is great. Thank you for your explanations, now I love him more than ever.
Awesome! I'm glad you liked it. Randy Rhoads Forever!
Yeah it took me a year to learn the Crazy Train solo. Didn't realize it was a double tap at the beginning lol...
Hahahahaaha! Yup!
ride on brotha!
Stikado is when every note of a phrase is picked, Legado is when you play the phrase with hammer-on and pull-offs and pick as few notes as possible. A pentatonic scale is a five note scale where you basically drop the 2nd and 5th degree from the major scales. It is not simply a blues scale. Finally, a pick scrap is simple scraping the edge of the pick down the string and can be done on any guitar with any amp, even an acoustic. You can get the effect in the song from any high gain amp. It dose not have to be a tube amp.
Brilliant.
Definitely the greatest
I had no idea, thank you so much!
I use to live eat and breath randy! Every lick , sound he got , pick scrape I tried to learn on my cream colored Les Paul . There's also dee, no bone movies, Mr. Crowley , crazy train had the best tone of Randy's and just ripped. Oh, another one as good as over the mountain is S.A.T.O... that solo is great. Oh, revelation mother earth Another one of his very BEST!
Revelation Mother Earth is one of my favorites!!!
Thank you!
Tonight is his greatest.
TONIGHT is AWESOME
thanks Alan
RANDY WAS THE BEST!!!!!
Great vid
I am shattered
I feel you!
the crazy train solo isn't one take, it's 2 takes playing over each other.
One take??? I never said it was one take. And it's actually triple tracked.
it's triple tracked Randy triple tracked his solos per Max Norman and you can hear one guitar in the righr, left and center, Crazy Train though, Randy apparently deliberately played them slightly different in timing.
@@Cynical1x3 From the mouth of Ozzy It double.
Randy was the greatest. Period
definitely in the conversation
I've got the lingo it's the talent, skill, licks, and the knowledge of the notes I have trouble with, when I figure that out I'll play just like him🤔😒😒😒😏😉,
I almost cant believe it! I think Ozzy is not such a good human otherwise I would have known his Name! Unbelievable! Thank you! I learned something
LMMFAO @ Now if that solo doesn't tell you everything you need to know about Randy Rhodes, I don't know what the fuck to tell you . . . . .
Mr. Big Frog, this was an excellent explanation of someone 's playing that is so incredibly difficult to put into words !
Subbed just because I have been trying to describe it for so long and you've done it with flying colors !!
Thank you! I thought that said it all! Hahahaha!
@@Cynical1x3 certainly did brother !
was a pleasure across the board
Eddie vs Randy argument is not valid. Randy was a pure metal guitarist who had his own amazing style. Eddie was a rocker, but more versatile whether it be pop style, radio rock, or heavy stuff like the earlier albums. Even Randy said that he was influenced a lot by Eddie.
Fuckin GREATNESS
YES INDEED!
He could tap both ways he only used a pick for the spotlight solo and in the "I dont know solo" but in the quiet riot days back in 77 or 78 I seen him tappin without pick and doing pull offs like acdc and hes tapping normally at the beginning of crazy train
Yeah, I'm sure Randy could tap all the ways!
I would have used the solo from Mr Crowley. I also love Over the Mountain. I still believe Randy is unsurpassed as the greatest rock/metal guitarist who ever lived. Had he lived he would have become the greatest classical guitarist as well.
I also love that solo, of course!
I think those are accurate points, the beauty of Randy is you can ask 21 different people to name his best or their favorite solo and you may get 21 different answers from the Ozzy era, including the solos he did on th Sabbath songs, , Children of the grave so good.
So Randy didn’t start playing classical guitar till he joined Ozzy. Ozzy had Randy take classical guitar lessons to compliment what Bob & Lee were writing.
I do not think that is correct, he actually started out on classical guitar as a yute at age of 7. Ozzy did not have Randy take lessons in fact Ozzy quetioned his decision to take lessons. Randy was taking classical lessons at his own choosing.
Tru composer... RANDY RHOADS
Pentatonic scale IS NOT a blues scale, as you err at 6:10. There is an actual blues scale that has the tritone from the major scale in the pentaonic scale.
Diatonic Blues in G: G A# C C# D F G
Diatonic Pentatonic minor in G: G A# C D F G
The difference between the two scales is the Blues scale has the "devil's tone" and the pentatonic lacks it. In the case of G blues, that devil's tone is C#.
No! Randy did NOT employ a two-handed tap at the beginning of the solo! All of us who grew up learning this song know that! We also knew that anyone who couldn’t play this note-for-note cheated by playing two-handed! Need evidence? Look at past editions of Guitar Mag with the Tab in it as well as watch live videos of Randy playing...lots of famous guitarists achieve the two-handed sound with one hand...Vai, Malmsteen, Satriani, etc.
I agree that it can be done more than one way, and I wish there was more video so we could know for sure. Unfortunately, the one good video shows Rudy Sarzo during that part. Wolf Marshall was my go-to transcriptionist in those days, and he always transcribed it the way I described it, so that's how I learned it. Could I be wrong? Could Wolf be wrong? SURE. Here is a source for the way he transcribed it (pdfcoffee.com/ozzy-osbourne-original-randy-rhoads-guitar-tab-songbook-pdf-free.html). If you have a TAB for the way you do it, I would love to see it. I'm always ready and willing to learn more about Randy!
And if there is any good video of Randy doing that solo, I'm pretty sure this dude has seen it!
ruclips.net/video/ENw5pbmpy64/видео.html
Killer Content @(5:30) Shared Subscribed.
I remember ordering Star Licks cassette w Randy's solos from hit parade mag.
What guitarist didnt he influence?
R I P, ax-man
I to loved Randy's playing. However he wasn't the first to play classical music infused solos. Blackmore smoke on the water the infamous first 4 notes are Beetoven's 5th inverted. Pat Travers put his version of Beetoven's 5th on vinyl. I wish he was still here.
I love this analysis...I think one-thing should be stated is the mix of the Blizzard of Oz did not adequately reflect Randy's brilliance. The Live versions are far better. The Tribute recordings are just amazing.
AGREED!
The first 30 seconds of this video is the truth
Tapping segment in the end of the Flying High Again Solo is four strings and not five.
If you see Blackmore's Rainbow live, you then see no one came Before Blackmore
I agree, sort of. Blackmore incorporated entire pieces of classical music into his songs and live performances, so yeah, he was the first to use classical music. What I meant about Randy, was that he was the first to take classical influences and blend them with his other influences to create his own style. In other words, Randy didn't take Beethoven or Bach phrases and quote them in his licks, he just wrote his own licks that "sounded kind of classical" in their own way. IMO, he was the first to do it, and the best at it, but I could be wrong and I often am.
@Big Frog Purple and Rainbow had these song structures with interludes and bridge sections that had different moods.
I think since Bob Daisley was in Rainbow and Sabbath it had a lot to do with Rhoads experimenting in minor keys , mainly because Rhoads really knew harmony and how to blend and apply scales .
RR with Quiot Riot played really major sounding songs like Slick Black Cadillac, I think writing with Bob and Lee from Uriah Heep was an amazing chemistry, Don Airey was really the soloist in Uriah Heep the guitar player Mick Box couldn't tie Rhoades shoes. Opinions vary but Mick Box was no Uli or Jon Sykes
@@johnmcminn9455 Agreed! I'm sure some Daisley rubbed off on Randy. Bob Daisley made every band he was in better!
Certainly no Bob Deal but he was ok for a young kid.
Fckn A🎸🔥🎯
No Mister Crowley? That's his best that two guitar legends try taking credit for influencing.
fuckin a right
RR was great, but I'm sure he SHIT his pants when he first heard Eruption, which motivated him.
why he probably heard the Cactus song before......Eruption did not impact Randy
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Im sure it did
@@backtoshallabal6662 on thos first two Blizzard of ozz albums what remotely sounds like EVH influence.......nothing
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle He did have his own sound. Also those first 2 Quiet Riot albums, sounded nothing close to Van Halen.
Rhodes....the new improved name of our solar system...no longer the milky way.
Pass the memo please.
All in favor ?
None uposed.
This guy sounds like John Frusciante lol.
Sounds like Joe Walsh
Yes definitely John f
Jason Becker
Greatest off all time even that he was taken to young better than Eddie
your first statement is totally wrong.......there's a guy from Toronto named Rik Emmett , that plays for TRIUMPH....he started all that classical to metal first !!!!!....sorry but facts are facts....just check out the song THE CITY....it has 3 parts to it !!!!!!...same with the tapping....Rik was doing it even before Eddie Van Halen.....Triumph's first album came out in 1976....
Nice I love facts
Thanks 💯
@@oba1560 I'm not trying to put Randy down, I love the guy, he was a great player, with Ozzy.....Quiet Riot with him sucked !!!!...I seen Triumph 5 times and Rik Emmett solo 3 times.....some really small places, when he toured solo....also , I have seen Randy with Ozzy 4 times....3 times the Blizzard of Ozz tour, , once in London Ontario, and twice in Detroit....then in Feb. 1982 again in Detroit at Cobo Hall, the Diary tour...Randy died about 3 weeks later.....I was lucky to see him 4 times in one year....if you look at it, that is all he did in one year.....in North America,,,,and a few months at the end of 1980 in England, with Bob and Lee.....Everytime I saw him it was with Rudy and Tommy !!!...Damn it would have been nice to see the original Blizzard of Ozz !!!!....I was like 17 and 18 when I saw these concerts....
@@oba1560 You gotta check out that Triumph song dude...called '' The City: War March / El Duende Agonazante/ Minstrel's Lament !!!!...1977
Triumph was my first concert. I love those dudes and Rik Emmett. I think your statement is totally valid, but most people would not consider Triumph to really be "Metal," so as far as Classical to Metal, I stand by my opinion. There is also the fact that many people (sadly) don't know who Rik Emmett is, so the impact of what Rik did was somewhat limited.
@@Cynical1x3 you are right, they aren't considered metal by most....neither is Van Halen, or even some Sabbath......but in fact they were the hardest of the music at the time....2 Triumph songs are in the top songs of the 70's, that are on the list considered thrash metal.....look it up on youtube under 70's proto speed / thrash metal songs ... ....Triumph was my first concert at 15 years old also...Rock and Roll Machine tour...Windsor Ontario Canada Feb 2. 1978
Randy Rhodes is in my opinion light years beyond EVH Eddie started worrying more about being a keyboard player than guitar player they just became a pop rock band and for Eddie who admitted to not knowing much theory and couldn't do classical style finger picking to say Randy a full time student and teacher learned everything he did from him is a arrogant lie.
I’m sorry he was better than Eddie, just my opinion.