Prince called Schon a "genius". He makes things fit so well, and even his slower solos aren't as simple or basic as people think. No other guitarist is so versatile. He can play anything. So underrated...
Early 80's, hanging at a condo party Huntington Beach with a couple of ARMY buddies......angry/unknown Dave Mustaine drinking with us. He was recently dumped by Metallica, so he was talking trash while getting trashed. MTV/VH1 on the TV set because videos were a new/big deal. Journey pops up on the screen and angry Dave starts yelling at the screen bashing Journey, and calls Neal Schon a poser. Kind of silly, especially when 'Frontiers' was a huge album at the time and they were riding high. Always stuck with me. Maybe Dave was a genius or something. But not that night........just a bitter, skinny, shaggy, angry drunk.
I have been screaming about the brilliance of this song for decades. It is incredibly unique. It hits you hard in the heart. But, it is also incredibly sophisticated.
@BudSchnelker, Amen... as someone who graduated HS in 1983, I remember "Send Her My Love" was all over the radio that fall, and I always thought it superior to "Faithfully".
@@BudSchnelker I graduated in '84. STILL love this song so much. Being a guitar player of some 48 years or so I always enjoy Ricks explanations of songs.
Everyone commenting here has great taste in music. This has always been my favorite Journey song. Your comment about hitting you hard is the same for me. It takes me to a time and place that only the great ones do, and it does it to me every time. It's an absolutely perfect song!
I remember being a young teenager when my older brother first turned me on to Journey and the magic that became my favorite all-time band and touched/influenced so many moments of my life! Journey deserves their rightful place in Rock-n-Roll history! I recall taking a picture with my son over their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame = special moment! He carries the Journey torch on to his children along with my daughter as well!
The fact Eddie Van Halen hung out a lot with Neal on that 78 tour is telling. Both were equally amazed by each other. I feel real guitarist know and appreciate Neal.
Stone in Love never fails to get my heart racing. The overwhelmingly aggressive approach to every part of the song, Steve’s vocals, Ross Valory reproducing Neal’s solo riffs in the bass line almost like a canon, and Neal just wailing. Never want that song to end.
My girlfriend, at the time, was a big Journey fan, but seeing them live in '82 at the Texxas Jam made me a convert- their ability to reproduce album-quality songs live is matched by very few. And Stone in Love kicked ass live. Definitely my favorite solo by Schon
I share your love of Neal Schon's playing, vastly under appreciated IMO; Neal Schon and Steve Perry were one the greatest melodic pairings in rock history...
@@mrmale9985 I feel Journey is one of those groups that was more appreciated mainstream but less appreciated by the rock community, even though their rock music was equally as viable as the rest of the rock world
I'm not sure if Neal is the one that should be in the greatest melodic pairing. The true greatest pairing was Perry and Cain. Neal didn't even write "Send her my Love" since he didn't like playing ballads at all. He was only into that hippy dippy progressive rock crap before Perry came along (Cain later) and turned them into a band turning out hit after hit after hit.
Neil Schon is one of the main reasons I always liked Journey. I don't know music theory but the notes in his solos are crafted so smoothly, they build on the song instead of interrupting it.
Yes, for me, Who’s Crying Now, the song and the solo are stronger and more memorable than this one. The solo’s melodic content and phrasing supply a beautiful transition from the vocal melody to the iconic outtro.
This is one of those absolutely perfect songs start to finish. The voice, the melodramatic guitar tone and the soupy haze of early summer concert nights listening to great music in the 80s. This is music composition perfection
There was something magic, mysterious and mesmerizing about this Journey album. I can remember it like yesterday, playing it endlessly, it was just so beautiful.
Absolutely delighted that my favorite Journey song got analyzed by Rick. The most melodic solo that does so little yet absolutely elevates the track to another level.
Neal's always been incredibly melodic. He's not afraid to slow down and play the perfect parts, even though he can absolutely fly around the fretboard. Monster player.
From what I've heard, Steve Perry was a big reason for that. Neal definitely wanted to rip all the time! lol Regardless, Neal is an absolutely phenomenal player. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for his talent IMO
Schon is a master of melodic minimalism. Others would have not left the open spaces that make Schon such a unique & talented players. IMHO, his solo’s are never gratuitous- they always lift the entire song to a higher level.
@@matt2eadgbe With respect, no. Schon had already made at least 5 albums before Perry joined Journey, and Neal was plenty brilliant every step along the way. Listen to the Infinity record, for example. Perry had just joined the band and had zero say in how the album was produced, and he certainly didn’t come in and immediately start telling this band of virtuosos what or how to play. We can give Perry credit for a lot of things, but not Neal’s playing.
@@matt2eadgbe Rick Beato just told millions this was a perfect solo. Millions have bought Journey records. Critics love him. Guitar players wish they could be him. Still, he's no Chuck Berry. I get it.
You can always count on Schon's ability to write solos that are melodic, memorable, technical, and appropriate. Journey as a whole definitely is one of the most prolific and melodic bands ever.
@@Lance37a I'm not sure why you say that. I think it's too polished now. His sound seems too sanitized. I liked the more economical solo style he performed in the early 80s and late 70s with less effects. He throws in too many notes now which loses some of the melodic touch. I still love watching him play but I prefer the 70s/early 80s Schon over the ROR and beyond version.
So glad to see Neal Schon getting a shout out. He has it all: melodic sense, technical skills to die for, and a genuine commitment to serving the song.
Neal schons solos always fit the song perfectly, never goes over the top with crazy guitar tricks, he keeps every note relevant to the song. Just incredible playing.
He does noodle more now. He rarely plays the solo simple, adds a lot of flourishes that I think are overplayed, but He's still my first Guitar Hero, bought a Les Paul and never looked back.
Schon is different from a lot of guitarists in my opinion. He knows how to exploit the chord changes and goes for an emotional set of peaks and valleys in his solos. They make sense.
Well said. When I started learning guitar where you learned the scales and started trying to learn the solos I would find out some songs were easy to figure out . Neal wasn't easy. I'm not talking about his faster stuff. The way he phrases, bends, vibrato. It's quirky. In my own playing I am trying to be more melodic.
He uses a note to say one thing, and before it is trailing off, he has it saying yet another thing. He knows when to let a note sing across phrases and chords.
Journey in their prime were untouchable: Steve Perry, the greatest of all rock singers, with Schon's gloriously dramatic and melodic solos, underrated bass from Valory, Cain's songwriting chops... So glad I was around for their heyday. I still love to listen to and play their stuff. Rock does not get better than their best material.
While I do not dispute your assessment of Rick's passion and abilities, frankly, I don't need or want him or anyone else to tell me why a song speaks to me. I already know, even if I don't care to or cannot give words to that feeling. HIs "What makes this song great" is nonsense. No words or technical analysis can begin to explain this. Why a song may be technically well written, unique, inventive, groundbreaking, etc., sure. Great? No. "Great" is highly subjective and is for each individual to decide for themselves for their own reasons, unnecessary to explain in words..
Neil Schon is in the top 10 greatest guitarists of all time….but what makes him unbelievable is the fact that in this space he is by far the most underrated…he truly adds to the songs and does not distract
Ok. The fact that this is a powerful song in the first place, AND THEN Neil ramps it up higher?!?!? Goosebumps and tears. Exactly the effect one would want. Amazing.
Neal Schon is an all-time guitarist in pop music. He is the perfect example of having all the skill and speed talent in the world in his bag but choosing to play the most emotionally visceral note choices that haunt you, augmenting with that fluid blistering speed to create gorgeous crescendoing landscapes that are forever memorable. I never understood how he was always so overlooked.
Totally agree. The keyboard offers such a rich palette. So many songs are first composed using just a piano. Jonathan Caine on keys, was the melody writer, compositional force of Journey while Steve Perry mainly wrote the lyrics. Together they created music that transcended Neil Schon’s artistry.
@SuperNostalgia. Evidence for any of the bullshit you wrote? Provide please, but read the definition of evidence before you start spouting biblical bullshit.
This is just amazing to me. I've been a guitar player since 1988, and this solo is one of the very few that I learned early, and still play to this day. Just wow.
I know right?! There are good comments in here about him, other places on social media they hate on him. I don't know what he's like as a person, but as a guitar player very talented and underrated.
Neal Schon completely blew me away on "Santana III". His solo on their rendition of "In a Silent Way" still moves me. That album is before my time but it's still some of my favorite music.
@@sportsygirl8 Neal Schon had his own blog. He would chat with people (ones who had something to say) Schon would reply. Oh yeah man” after Santana, I was still in high school. I was bored tired of school. I’d call the guys (journey) ‘pay phone’ Come pick me up, They were waiting for my call. I’m out front arguing with a teacher ‘why I missed class’. Cmon gimmie a break’. I got better things’ Teacher says ‘you can’t depend on music’ your life? Ma’am I appreciate your concern, compared with money I can make? I don’t have say anything, screw this, I gotta go. A van pulls up ‘ Hippy passenger gets out opens side door. Cloud of pot smoke comes out. Neal Scion politely says to his teacher. Sorry I just gotta go. Suddenly she’s got hots for Neal! He never goes back . He’s like yeah whatever
Rick- FOR 30 YEARS I have said that solo is absolutely perfect. The amount of "crunch" rolls like a light fuzz seamlessly in flow. His choice of notes works so well and always brings me a chill...
@@markskubal844 the last album Clockwork Angels exemplifies that perfectly. Way too much going on. Surprisingly a lot of people like that one and I thought it sucked balls!
Finally, a true musician can explain in great detail why this song send my love makes my heart flutter and I feel like I’m in a dream when I hear Neil Sean’s guitar
If we're going Schon... The solo/outro on I'll be alright with out you... Brilliant and the TONE... damn!! You know the kind of solo of a song where as it fades out you're cranking up the volume to hear every last drop 😉
Been a fan of Journey and especially Neal Schon for 45 years, the man's signature sound is unmistakable and his influence is legendary. The man has created the soundtrack of our lives.
This is one of my favorite Journey songs, but I never really appreciated how magically beautiful the chords were until you voiced them on the piano -- exquisite! I taught myself how to voice chords on a piano in high school and college in the '80s, but it's a real gift to know someone who appreciates this stuff as much as I do. Not everyone has a jazz piano teacher who can teach these chords -- they're not cheap either. You provide a truly valuable service to the public, helping us understand why we love these songs so much, and teaching us the chords so that we can go to the piano or guitar and voice them ourselves...very gratifying! Thank you so much, Rick!
As a 37 year music educator in the public schools, I'm always so impressed with your teaching, but then your playing, OMG, your playing is so good!! This solo has always been a favorite of mine as well.
Neal is one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time, hands-down. He has his own unique style, and his melodies and solos are always so clean and perfect. If anyone has doubts about Neal's guitar work or playing ability/technique, I'd recommend listening to the solos in "Stone in Love" (Re-recorded version), and "The Journey (Revelation)", which is entirely instrumental - then listen to the rest of the Revelation album. You'll realize Schon is one of the greatest. The man is a master at bending strings and hitting those perfect tones and melodies that fit the songs like a glove...his guitar playing remains legendary and he's incredible to this day live at concerts.
Neal 🎸Schon and Journey had one of the greatest album runs in the 80’s with Escape in 81’,Frontiers 83’ and Raised On The Radio 86’ just unbelievable!!! Aloha from Hawaii🤙🏽
That's a HOF solo, one of the best in classic rock history IMO. Always gives me chills when I hear it. It sounds ridiculous to say it, but Schon is underrated, he's an amazing player.
@@benjaminperez7328 He gets overlooked, that's all I meant. Obviously, Journey was a huge band but I think he was taken for granted a little. Musicians and guitar geeks know how good he is.
I don't think there's a bad note on that whole album tbh. It's a solid 10/10 album. The vocal melodies, the guitars, the drums, the keyboards hell even the bass lines (Lol) of most of the songs are unbelievably good. Journey at their best imho.
Neal schon has created so many incredible solos over the years. Everytime I hear a journey song his solos really just give me chills. Such a great melodic soloist
His most famous solo from “who’s cryin now”. He was tired of trying to figure out what to play and just decided to play the dumbest thing he could think of and the producer said “Thats it keep it”
To me the most perfect guitar solo is at the end of Boston's "Hitch A Ride". Such a pleasure to listen to, the two guitars trading beautiful phrasings and melodies.
I've listened to "Send Her My Love" countless times -- I wore that album out -- and you just brought to light a whole new appreciation of it -- revealing new colors that were always there on the canvas of this song! Great job, again, Rick!
I love Rick’s humility. This is basically an entire class on how to play it with the additional theory information. My only addition is that Perry’s singing on this particular song is equally unique due to the fact he also sings notes that don’t necessarily form part of the chord structure. Excellent video for an excellent song.
Before I even knew who he was going to talk about I had a huge feeling it was Neal. That man is one of the greatest players of all time and revered by so many of his peers. His solos are songs within the songs. He truly should be required listening of any new guitar player. It’s all there. Feel, structure, phrasing, tone….the complete package. Have to believe Rick is working on getting Neal in next. Can only hope so. Great job Rick!!!
I'm so glad you did this; I'm just learning various leads and this one is one of my favorites. Not only can I listen to it over and over again, I love playing it; one of the most under appreciated songs by Journey; the production of this song is so different from the way it starts to the way Steve sings it to Neal's phenom solos throughout.
This is what what makes Neal Schon so brilliant. His solos are a complimentary voice. They don't take you off in a different direction. He's so underappreciated. The last solo in "Stone in Love" is similarly amazing.
I've seen Neal countless times starting with Santana, . . . Journey, with Jan Hammer, etc the man is a musical genius and a heckuva nice guy. Been backstage twice watching Journey and Neal is magical.
One thing stands out for me is how the dramatic chord changes underneath the solo that Rick highlighted can make a good melody reach even greater heights, as they do here.
I love how many different chords where used in older popular songs. This is no joke a perfect solo, it has space and the guitarist left room for the vocals. I also like how you always have the perfect tones to match songs when you do these videos.
That solo by Henry was a big deal. Members of the band said to Paul you've got to hear this and it wound up on the record. But tension happened because Henry wanted to improvise live but Paul wanted it the same every night as the record.
This is one of my favourite Journey songs ever! It gave me chills when you said, "Send her my love." It's not just the phrasing but his guitar tone. It's sounds so clean and yet powerful.
I think we have all heard that solo a billion times, and everytime its amazing. Because of that, its hard to imagine the solo being anything BUT what we hear. Which is a little sad because we may not appreciate the creativity or care that was put into it, we assume that is the way it goes, so we take it for granted.
That's why Santana wanted Neal Schon to play in his band. Because of his guitar prowess with latino overtones. Good video Rick! Thx for all you do! Neal Schon needs to get more accolades. He was a force to be reckoned with. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍
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Prince called Schon a "genius". He makes things fit so well, and even his slower solos aren't as simple or basic as people think. No other guitarist is so versatile. He can play anything. So underrated...
I feel the same way and Tom Scholz too both geniuses!
Prince himself was also a genius, so that is saying something.
Not true, Gary Moore was too
Early 80's, hanging at a condo party Huntington Beach with a couple of ARMY buddies......angry/unknown Dave Mustaine drinking with us. He was recently dumped by Metallica, so he was talking trash while getting trashed. MTV/VH1 on the TV set because videos were a new/big deal. Journey pops up on the screen and angry Dave starts yelling at the screen bashing Journey, and calls Neal Schon a poser. Kind of silly, especially when 'Frontiers' was a huge album at the time and they were riding high. Always stuck with me. Maybe Dave was a genius or something. But not that night........just a bitter, skinny, shaggy, angry drunk.
Toss in a little mix of Phil Keaggy while your at it.
I have been screaming about the brilliance of this song for decades. It is incredibly unique. It hits you hard in the heart. But, it is also incredibly sophisticated.
@BudSchnelker,
Amen... as someone who graduated HS in 1983, I remember "Send Her My Love" was all over the radio that fall, and I always thought it superior to "Faithfully".
@@BudSchnelker I graduated in '84. STILL love this song so much. Being a guitar player of some 48 years or so I always enjoy Ricks explanations of songs.
Everyone commenting here has great taste in music. This has always been my favorite Journey song. Your comment about hitting you hard is the same for me. It takes me to a time and place that only the great ones do, and it does it to me every time. It's an absolutely perfect song!
Can never hear it without crying like a baby 😂 it's an amazing song
❤❤ Es mi canción preferida y favorita de Journey y de Steve Perry por supuesto no me canso de repetirla.❤❤❤❤
Perry's vocals and Neil on guitar hits you deep in the emotions, very very few bands are able to do that constantly.
Absolutely well said
A match made in heaven.
Have you watched the behind the music on the band. Interesting story.
I remember being a young teenager when my older brother first turned me on to Journey and the magic that became my favorite all-time band and touched/influenced so many moments of my life!
Journey deserves their rightful place in Rock-n-Roll history! I recall taking a picture with my son over their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame = special moment!
He carries the Journey torch on to his children along with my daughter as well!
Neal has some of the best solos in rock, PERIOD! His solos on the ballads have a very haunting sound. One of his bests is on Who's Crying Now.
The fact Eddie Van Halen hung out a lot with Neal on that 78 tour is telling. Both were equally amazed by each other. I feel real guitarist know and appreciate Neal.
No diss to Eddie but Neal was the superior guitarist in almost all ways.
@@RichOzowski-kc7tvplease stop he is great but come on. EVH is the GOAT
@@RichOzowski-kc7tvIn agree with that. Neal is a more well rounded guitarist than Eddie.
@@jakemf1Not hardly.
I cant play a lick of music but I can watch Ricks tutorials all day long. Such a cool guy.
Me to ,love watching this stuff, awesome
Me too...doesn't stop me enjoying it being broken down and explained...❤
Right there with you lol
never to late to start. you would be suprised what you can do with basic chords and notes
He is a brilliant man. No doubt!
Schon's playing is so sophisticated that none of us realized we were listening to adult contemporary. This music helped us grow up.
Stone in Love never fails to get my heart racing. The overwhelmingly aggressive approach to every part of the song, Steve’s vocals, Ross Valory reproducing Neal’s solo riffs in the bass line almost like a canon, and Neal just wailing. Never want that song to end.
I personally find Neal Schon on "Mother, father" much more aggressive.
My favorite, most definitely!
My girlfriend, at the time, was a big Journey fan, but seeing them live in '82 at the Texxas Jam made me a convert- their ability to reproduce album-quality songs live is matched by very few. And Stone in Love kicked ass live. Definitely my favorite solo by Schon
And Ross's bass playing during the early Cain years was astronomical.
Yep, 💯%
Neal’s solo in Still the ride just confirms his creative melodic genius, very very underrated.
Prince called it when he described Neal Schon a genius.
The underlying bass part can’t be dismissed. It’s awesome
I agree. The original base player was such a compliment to the sound of the band and quality of their songs
@@vicrider2124that’s Ross. I love the bass too.
I share your love of Neal Schon's playing, vastly under appreciated IMO; Neal Schon and Steve Perry were one the greatest melodic pairings in rock history...
Agree 1000%!!!! Schon/ Perry are right there with others like Bachrach/David, Campbell/Webb, ect........ No denying it!!!!
They're all under rated apparently 😂
@@mrmale9985 I feel Journey is one of those groups that was more appreciated mainstream but less appreciated by the rock community, even though their rock music was equally as viable as the rest of the rock world
I'm not sure if Neal is the one that should be in the greatest melodic pairing. The true greatest pairing was Perry and Cain. Neal didn't even write "Send her my Love" since he didn't like playing ballads at all. He was only into that hippy dippy progressive rock crap before Perry came along (Cain later) and turned them into a band turning out hit after hit after hit.
He’s not underrated at all. He is a genius.
a solo that stuck with me for 40 years. Absolutely love this song.
This is the reason Rick Beato is so good. He can play anything. He can teach anything. And he knows a lot of things about music. Great video, Rick!
Can he play "flight of the 97 trillion bumblebees"?
He can't play anything lol.
@@levi5073He can easily show you how to play it. That’s the point.
Rick is really becoming one of my favorite guitarists and what a lovely 1980s guitar solo there.
Rick Beato explains music the way Stephen Kotkin explains international politics.
I thought I was the only one in the world who felt this way about this solo. It’s journeys best song, a perfect song.
Neil Schon is one of the main reasons I always liked Journey. I don't know music theory but the notes in his solos are crafted so smoothly, they build on the song instead of interrupting it.
👏 well said!
I also love Schon’s solo in Who’s Crying Now. So clean and crisp with no embellishment. Perfect for the fade out
that really is SO good
Who's Crying Now is my favorite Journey song.
I learned the "Who's Cryin' Now" solo note for note, fun one to do.
Yes, for me, Who’s Crying Now, the song and the solo are stronger and more memorable than this one. The solo’s melodic content and phrasing supply a beautiful transition from the vocal melody to the iconic outtro.
That’s my favorite one.
We need Neal Schon for a full 2 hour interview!! 🎸 🎶😎🎵
One of the first solos I ever learned! Fantastic.
Fully agree!
Yep!!
💯🤘 For sure!!
" MAKE IT HAPPEN!!" :o)
This is one of those absolutely perfect songs start to finish. The voice, the melodramatic guitar tone and the soupy haze of early summer concert nights listening to great music in the 80s. This is music composition perfection
agree 1000% - a Journey song that is under appreciated how different it is, so powerful and moving
Neil Schon is the reason I learned to play the guitar 42 years ago!
There was something magic, mysterious and mesmerizing about this Journey album. I can remember it like yesterday, playing it endlessly, it was just so beautiful.
SO Agreed! “Troubled Child” is a hidden gem also. 🖤
Absolutely delighted that my favorite Journey song got analyzed by Rick. The most melodic solo that does so little yet absolutely elevates the track to another level.
Neal's always been incredibly melodic. He's not afraid to slow down and play the perfect parts, even though he can absolutely fly around the fretboard. Monster player.
As they say: "Brevity is the soul of wit". It applies to guitar, as well.
From what I've heard, Steve Perry was a big reason for that. Neal definitely wanted to rip all the time! lol
Regardless, Neal is an absolutely phenomenal player. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for his talent IMO
Schon is a master of melodic minimalism. Others would have not left the open spaces that make Schon such a unique & talented players. IMHO, his solo’s are never gratuitous- they always lift the entire song to a higher level.
@@matt2eadgbe With respect, no. Schon had already made at least 5 albums before Perry joined Journey, and Neal was plenty brilliant every step along the way. Listen to the Infinity record, for example. Perry had just joined the band and had zero say in how the album was produced, and he certainly didn’t come in and immediately start telling this band of virtuosos what or how to play. We can give Perry credit for a lot of things, but not Neal’s playing.
@@matt2eadgbe Rick Beato just told millions this was a perfect solo.
Millions have bought Journey records.
Critics love him.
Guitar players wish they could be him.
Still, he's no Chuck Berry. I get it.
You can always count on Schon's ability to write solos that are melodic, memorable, technical, and appropriate. Journey as a whole definitely is one of the most prolific and melodic bands ever.
@SuperNostalgia.Hail Satan 😅
@fiftycycle9842 his soloing now is very sloppy, but his 70's and 80's work is great.
@fiftycycle9842 both he and Cain are full of themselves
@@Lance37a I'm not sure why you say that. I think it's too polished now. His sound seems too sanitized. I liked the more economical solo style he performed in the early 80s and late 70s with less effects. He throws in too many notes now which loses some of the melodic touch. I still love watching him play but I prefer the 70s/early 80s Schon over the ROR and beyond version.
Also the most dysfunctional.
So glad to see Neal Schon getting a shout out. He has it all: melodic sense, technical skills to die for, and a genuine commitment to serving the song.
Agree.
Neil Geraldo would be another one IMO.
a rare talent
Believe he did great work on Santanas Caravanserai Album
Neal schons solos always fit the song perfectly, never goes over the top with crazy guitar tricks, he keeps every note relevant to the song. Just incredible playing.
He does noodle more now. He rarely plays the solo simple, adds a lot of flourishes that I think are overplayed, but He's still my first Guitar Hero, bought a Les Paul and never looked back.
You really know a song is special when you can replay the solo or voicing in your head, without any effort .
I wish I'd posted that. That is exactly it.
Schon is different from a lot of guitarists in my opinion. He knows how to exploit the chord changes and goes for an emotional set of peaks and valleys in his solos. They make sense.
Agreed !
Well said. When I started learning guitar where you learned the scales and started trying to learn the solos I would find out some songs were easy to figure out . Neal wasn't easy. I'm not talking about his faster stuff. The way he phrases, bends, vibrato. It's quirky. In my own playing I am trying to be more melodic.
Never said better.
He uses a note to say one thing, and before it is trailing off, he has it saying yet another thing. He knows when to let a note sing across phrases and chords.
Without a doubt, one of Journey's finest songs. Kind of gets overlooked today, but that was Journey at their peak.
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written and played.....
Ross always complements Neal's solos so beautifully. I'm always pleased to hear Journey.
It is not only a perfect solo, it is a perfect song
Journey in their prime were untouchable: Steve Perry, the greatest of all rock singers, with Schon's gloriously dramatic and melodic solos, underrated bass from Valory, Cain's songwriting chops... So glad I was around for their heyday. I still love to listen to and play their stuff. Rock does not get better than their best material.
Don’t forget Steve “Machine Gun” Smith, STILL one of the greatest drummers breathing on Earth.
@@BBaldwinJourney was on tour a few years ago with Smith. He was the reason I went to one of their shows. I'm a drummer; was NOT going to miss it.
Neil really is one the greatest guitar players of our time! So much emotion in his choice of the notes in his solos. Great choice!
Rick is what a lifetime of dedication to music looks like. Can literally break down any song and tell you why it speaks to you.
While I do not dispute your assessment of Rick's passion and abilities, frankly, I don't need or want him or anyone else to tell me why a song speaks to me. I already know, even if I don't care to or cannot give words to that feeling.
HIs "What makes this song great" is nonsense. No words or technical analysis can begin to explain this. Why a song may be technically well written, unique, inventive, groundbreaking, etc., sure. Great? No.
"Great" is highly subjective and is for each individual to decide for themselves for their own reasons, unnecessary to explain in words..
That`s why we`re all here (:
@@Glicksman1 so you’re a fan?
No one should interpret how music speaks to you and no amount of theory does that… it shakes your ass or doesn’t. Period.
@@Glicksman1 How would you feel about 'What I love about this song' instead?
Neil Schon is in the top 10 greatest guitarists of all time….but what makes him unbelievable is the fact that in this space he is by far the most underrated…he truly adds to the songs and does not distract
Ok. The fact that this is a powerful song in the first place, AND THEN Neil ramps it up higher?!?!?
Goosebumps and tears.
Exactly the effect one would want. Amazing.
Schons guitar work and Perry's vocals remain unmatched....even all these years later. A very special melodic time stamp
....the stars aligned
What I love about Neal is in his solos he repeats licks just enough for your mind to get comfortable yet not be repetitive or boring. Genius.
I never thought about it that way, but going back and listening to his stuff… 100% correct.
There is so much emotion in this song... ugh! You can feel it. And yes... it's a perfect solo. Makes you want to cry...
Frontiers is such a great album- beginning to end. Neal just knows how to follow and create amazing solos and short runs w/Steve..what a duo.
Agree. One of the first albums that I truly liked every song on.
His solos were composed with a beginning, middle and an end just like a song. Sophisticated.
Neal Schon is an all-time guitarist in pop music. He is the perfect example of having all the skill and speed talent in the world in his bag but choosing to play the most emotionally visceral note choices that haunt you, augmenting with that fluid blistering speed to create gorgeous crescendoing landscapes that are forever memorable. I never understood how he was always so overlooked.
Saw them in 2018. He was so excited to solo and did heavily. I soaked in every minute
You should look up the early Journey album "Look Into the Future". No pop there
Pop music? Send Her My Love is more prog than pop.
@@petermcallister8489 to me, songs that had and have regular radio rotation are pop, although I agree it has prog roots.
I totally agree with you
I love it when Rick plays the guitar sequences on keyboards. You get such a full & rich presentation of the chords and melodies that is so beautiful.
Totally agree. The keyboard offers such a rich palette. So many songs are first composed using just a piano. Jonathan Caine on keys, was the melody writer, compositional force of Journey while Steve Perry mainly wrote the lyrics. Together they created music that transcended Neil Schon’s artistry.
@SuperNostalgia.Well that's nice. But what if you're a grown up?
I missed 69 by 1
1 is the loneliest number 👨🍳
@SuperNostalgia. Evidence for any of the bullshit you wrote? Provide please, but read the definition of evidence before you start spouting biblical bullshit.
@@kw8757 If God is not real and you are ok with being an atheist why are you wasting your time lashing out in anger.
Schon is one of the most underrated guitar players in rock. Amazing musician.
He has NEVER been considered Underrated, always a genius....
@@scotbatson6171 Nah…he’s always been praised. You want to talk about underrated? Elliot Easton from The Cars.
This is just amazing to me. I've been a guitar player since 1988, and this solo is one of the very few that I learned early, and still play to this day. Just wow.
I love how Rick dissects the song to its details in a classroom like environment. And plays it well, too. Such a great teacher.
Yes!! Finally some love for Neil Schon. Send her my love solo is amazing. The Stone in Love solo at the end is probably one of his best.
I know right?! There are good comments in here about him, other places on social media they hate on him. I don't know what he's like as a person, but as a guitar player very talented and underrated.
Neal Schon completely blew me away on "Santana III". His solo on their rendition of "In a Silent Way" still moves me. That album is before my time but it's still some of my favorite music.
It is best.
@@sportsygirl8 Neal Schon had his own blog. He would chat with people (ones who had something to say) Schon would reply. Oh yeah man” after Santana, I was still in high school. I was bored tired of school. I’d call the guys (journey) ‘pay phone’ Come pick me up, They were waiting for my call. I’m out front arguing with a teacher ‘why I missed class’. Cmon gimmie a break’. I got better things’ Teacher says ‘you can’t depend on music’ your life? Ma’am I appreciate your concern, compared with money I can make? I don’t have say anything, screw this, I gotta go. A van pulls up ‘ Hippy passenger gets out opens side door. Cloud of pot smoke comes out. Neal Scion politely says to his teacher. Sorry I just gotta go. Suddenly she’s got hots for Neal! He never goes back . He’s like yeah whatever
@@DannyHood-j Oh wow! That is one wild story. Now, he's made music his living and has been super successful.
Neal is one of the only guitarist that i can literally sing along with his solos. He's such a huge part of every song. The melody monster.
That is a huge observation and compliment……YUGE‼️🎸🎸🎸
I'd add Tom Scholz from Boston to that list.
And Slash
Brian May. I saw a vid where they decided he played like a singer rather than a guitarist.
Agreed! Neal doesn't overplay. In the words of Marty Friedman, "your solo should tell a story!"
Rick- FOR 30 YEARS I have said that solo is absolutely perfect. The amount of "crunch" rolls like a light fuzz seamlessly in flow. His choice of notes works so well and always brings me a chill...
Crunch? Journey doesn’t ‘crunch’. Sizzle maybe.
beautiful solo, even more beautiful bridge
It’s a brilliant song all around. Neal has so many perfect solos. Master of emotion and tone.
Neil Schon and Elliot Easton mastered the solo as mini song.
Two of my favorites.
So true! I've listened to Journey and The Cars just because of those guitar legends
Exactly...those 2 players totally are about the mini composition within the composition...🤘💯
I’ll bet Neal never thought that his guitar solos would become a classroom course 40 years after they were recorded. Amazing work!
Music theory studies Neal 😊
Favorite solo. RUSH-Limelight. Alex Lifeson. Perfectly fits the song, mood. Builds to a climax. So good.
Yeah, could have honestly been that one.
A Farewell to Kings too
@@markskubal844 the last album Clockwork Angels exemplifies that perfectly. Way too much going on. Surprisingly a lot of people like that one and I thought it sucked balls!
Frigging Awesome!
Absolutely!
I love Journey. Brings back such good memories. Great music and band.
Finally, a true musician can explain in great detail why this song send my love makes my heart flutter and I feel like I’m in a dream when I hear Neil Sean’s guitar
Oh heck yeah one of my top three favorite guitarists. Neal Schon. His phrasing and melodicism is beyond compare.
I'd never heard that solo before, but it is damn good. Fits perfectly, super melodic, and memorable. A solo you hum in your head.
These things MAAAADE you pay attention to the Raaaâdio !!!
If we're going Schon...
The solo/outro on I'll be alright with out you...
Brilliant and the TONE... damn!!
You know the kind of solo of a song where as it fades out you're cranking up the volume to hear every last drop 😉
I agree 100%
That solo is one of the best ever recorded in any genre. Like you said, you're turning it up as it fades out.
Jonathon Cain lays the bed so perfectly, giving Neil so many options to choose form to lay down a beautiful melodic line!
Been a fan of Journey and especially Neal Schon for 45 years, the man's signature sound is unmistakable and his influence is legendary. The man has created the soundtrack of our lives.
This is one of my favorite Journey songs, but I never really appreciated how magically beautiful the chords were until you voiced them on the piano -- exquisite! I taught myself how to voice chords on a piano in high school and college in the '80s, but it's a real gift to know someone who appreciates this stuff as much as I do. Not everyone has a jazz piano teacher who can teach these chords -- they're not cheap either. You provide a truly valuable service to the public, helping us understand why we love these songs so much, and teaching us the chords so that we can go to the piano or guitar and voice them ourselves...very gratifying! Thank you so much, Rick!
As a 37 year music educator in the public schools, I'm always so impressed with your teaching, but then your playing, OMG, your playing is so good!! This solo has always been a favorite of mine as well.
honestly? (the teaching, not the playing)
@@DrWhom ???
Neal is one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time, hands-down. He has his own unique style, and his melodies and solos are always so clean and perfect. If anyone has doubts about Neal's guitar work or playing ability/technique, I'd recommend listening to the solos in "Stone in Love" (Re-recorded version), and "The Journey (Revelation)", which is entirely instrumental - then listen to the rest of the Revelation album. You'll realize Schon is one of the greatest. The man is a master at bending strings and hitting those perfect tones and melodies that fit the songs like a glove...his guitar playing remains legendary and he's incredible to this day live at concerts.
I was 13 when this came out. Beautiful solo and will always bring me back to the childhood days
Neal 🎸Schon and Journey had one of the greatest album runs in the 80’s with Escape in 81’,Frontiers 83’ and Raised On The Radio 86’ just unbelievable!!! Aloha from Hawaii🤙🏽
Neil's outro on stone in love is so underrated, too. Worth a listen.
That's a HOF solo, one of the best in classic rock history IMO. Always gives me chills when I hear it. It sounds ridiculous to say it, but Schon is underrated, he's an amazing player.
@@jaykay6387
Underrated?
Oh FFS.
@@benjaminperez7328 He gets overlooked, that's all I meant. Obviously, Journey was a huge band but I think he was taken for granted a little. Musicians and guitar geeks know how good he is.
@jaykay6387 that leaves out the staff at rolling stone. 😜🤪
Rick included that solo in the top 5 of his top 20 solos of all time
One of my favorite journey songs. Everything about it is perfect. From the keyboard work to the magic that is Steve Perry’s voice. Perfection.
I don't think there's a bad note on that whole album tbh. It's a solid 10/10 album. The vocal melodies, the guitars, the drums, the keyboards hell even the bass lines (Lol) of most of the songs are unbelievably good. Journey at their best imho.
Journey who’s crying now!!!! Cmon Rick do this one too!!!! Amazingly melodic then fast it’s so good
That song and that solo are etched into my psyche in a way I can't even explain. I also love the absolutely huge sound of those Journey recordings.
Neal schon has created so many incredible solos over the years. Everytime I hear a journey song his solos really just give me chills. Such a great melodic soloist
His most famous solo from “who’s cryin now”. He was tired of trying to figure out what to play and just decided to play the dumbest thing he could think of and the producer said “Thats it keep it”
@@brianskinner5212 I never heard that story but it's cool
To me the most perfect guitar solo is at the end of Boston's "Hitch A Ride". Such a pleasure to listen to, the two guitars trading beautiful phrasings and melodies.
Agreed. Hitch a Ride is a masterpiece and the guitar work is amazing!
100% agree.
My thoughts exactly.. Also Supertramp's Sister vMoonshine is a perfect solo!
I've listened to "Send Her My Love" countless times -- I wore that album out -- and you just brought to light a whole new appreciation of it -- revealing new colors that were always there on the canvas of this song!
Great job, again, Rick!
That’s the gift of Rick 😊
@@dnylsun
Indeed it is!!!
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Willy Loman: “Attention must be paid ‼️ “
@@warrenbutterfield4208
Yes.
This has always been my favorite Journey song because of the reasons you present here! After the Fall is another favorite!
Schon's guitar work throughout Infinity is absolutely phenomenal, as well. Every song on that album has incredibly well thought out leads and fills.
Agreed! And when Neal harmonizes with Steve's vocal riffs toward the end of Something To Hide... My eyes get watery.
I love Rick’s humility. This is basically an entire class on how to play it with the additional theory information. My only addition is that Perry’s singing on this particular song is equally unique due to the fact he also sings notes that don’t necessarily form part of the chord structure. Excellent video for an excellent song.
Life goes on. Cc Deville’s solo in this song blows me away.
Damn rite!
I have always said he was one of the best. His lyricism and melodius solos are beautiful. His time with Santana was a great training ground.
I've always found this song hauntingly beautiful. And the solo is just the cherry on top. Thank you Rick for featuring this song on your channel!
Neil has always been one of my favorites for the same reason Gilmour is: it’s that relaxed, smooth as silk yet deeply emotional touch. So creamy 🍰
Before I even knew who he was going to talk about I had a huge feeling it was Neal. That man is one of the greatest players of all time and revered by so many of his peers. His solos are songs within the songs. He truly should be required listening of any new guitar player. It’s all there. Feel, structure, phrasing, tone….the complete package. Have to believe Rick is working on getting Neal in next. Can only hope so. Great job Rick!!!
Probably the most perfect solo ever. It'll never get the credit it deserves
I'm so glad you did this; I'm just learning various leads and this one is one of my favorites. Not only can I listen to it over and over again, I love playing it; one of the most under appreciated songs by Journey; the production of this song is so different from the way it starts to the way Steve sings it to Neal's phenom solos throughout.
This is what what makes Neal Schon so brilliant. His solos are a complimentary voice. They don't take you off in a different direction. He's so underappreciated. The last solo in "Stone in Love" is similarly amazing.
Neal's solos always served the song, you never get the feeling that he's just shredding away to impress the audience.
I've seen Neal countless times starting with Santana, . . . Journey, with Jan Hammer, etc the man is a musical genius and a heckuva nice guy. Been backstage twice watching Journey and Neal is magical.
One thing stands out for me is how the dramatic chord changes underneath the solo that Rick highlighted can make a good melody reach even greater heights, as they do here.
I’ve ALWAYS loved “Send Her My Love.” Haunting song I’m so many ways. My all time favorite Journey song.
One of my favorite solos
Always been a fan of Neal Schon. Amazing talent and longevity.
Listen to "Welcome" lp by Carlos Santana. Schon is a youngster, playing mostly rhythm but one of my favorite albums of all time
I love how many different chords where used in older popular songs. This is no joke a perfect solo, it has space and the guitarist left room for the vocals. I also like how you always have the perfect tones to match songs when you do these videos.
He is a master at telling the innocence of the story with his guitar not many have this gift
Nobody was more capable of creating iconic solos with melodic lines that augment already great songs. His phrasing is second to none. Pure genius.
Your Awesome Rick! Your absolutely Right!
One solo I absolutely love is from Wings 'My Love'. Super simple, but incredible.
I think the work McCartney did with wings largely outshone the entire Beatles catalog.
Completely agreed!! Henry mcculouch did an incredible job on Pauls wonderful song. And in just a couple of takes.
@@alext.1459 i liked the wings over america live version better. jimmy mccullough
@markv.5962 so right. Jimmy played the same notes that Paul wrote originally, but with such FEEL.
That solo by Henry was a big deal. Members of the band said to Paul you've got to hear this and it wound up on the record. But tension happened because Henry wanted to improvise live but Paul wanted it the same every night as the record.
Wow, someone needs to do piano arrangements of famous solos, hearing the resolution into each chord was just so beautiful.
This is one of my favourite Journey songs ever! It gave me chills when you said, "Send her my love." It's not just the phrasing but his guitar tone. It's sounds so clean and yet powerful.
One of my favorites as well especially as a teenager during this era
Love it. Love a solo you can hum or whistle. Plus it's the only one of Schon's solos slow enough for me to keep up with😁
I think we have all heard that solo a billion times, and everytime its amazing. Because of that, its hard to imagine the solo being anything BUT what we hear. Which is a little sad because we may not appreciate the creativity or care that was put into it, we assume that is the way it goes, so we take it for granted.
That's why Santana wanted Neal Schon to play in his band. Because of his guitar prowess with latino overtones. Good video Rick! Thx for all you do! Neal Schon needs to get more accolades. He was a force to be reckoned with. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍