Hey man I hope you don't mind my asking, but which bands have you opened for? I've been looking to hear some stories from people who've done things like that
Of course the solos are impressive! but its those subtle intricacies in the rhythm playing that truly blow me away. This is the most beautiful and freakishly accurate cover of this song I've ever heard!
I don’t know how Jimi came up with the rhythm fills nor do I know how this guy managed to copy them note for note, but it might be the greatest rhythm guitar part ever created!
I mean for the record version which this cover is based on Jimi did not sing and play at the same time. In fact they recorded most of the song separately. Hendrix overdubbed the different guitar parts several times. Basically erasing the original recording. Pissed off the bass player so Hendrix overdubbed that too with himself playing the bass. Seemed like a nightmare to record this song surprised it turned out so well in the end. They had 16 tracks to mix together by the end!
@@amishhackerlul3731 well not really. Jimi's cover is so good that Dylan have a hard time believing it was his song. I think Dylan knew he could never interpret the song the same way Hendrix did thats why he said it was Jimi's song.
That dead note at 3:32 gave me chills. Exactly like the recording and takes the song up a level in my book. I don't understand how you could have done that on purpose. God mode.
Yeahhhh . . . i noticed that too. I was wondering if my memory was playing tricks. Look . . if Pilky27 can play this good, well, why can't he play in the bum notes. Makes sense. he's being faithful, to the original
I'm in awe. You even switched to the bridge pickup at 1:26 as you can hear in the original multitracks. Everything is in its right place, masterful job man.
That means a lot coming from you I'm sure. It would be cool to see you do one too although I understand that it would take a lot of time and might now be worth the effort as a lot of people have already done it. Cool cool 👍
This is real talent. Now think about the talent it took to conceive and perform this in 1967 and you'll know why Hendrix is so often considered the greatest electric guitarist of all time
I never realized this song was so complex, wow this is amazing. every time i listen to hendrix, i still wish that i learned guitar instead of cello or piano
I play guitar and sometimes I feel I wish I could play piano! (Usually after watching an awesome piano performance.) Next door's grass is always greener as they say.
@@Tk421Clone All along the Watchtower was written by Bob Dylan, who I consider to be the greatest songwriter of all time. Bob was recorded as saying I wrote it, but Jimi MADE it. There have been other great guitarists since Jimi, but in my mind, no-one has ever surpassed him. The man was pure magic.
I saw it played as well this in the streets of Oxford, UK by a guy in his sixties playing it left-handed on a right-handed guitar with same string arrangement as Hendrix. I gave him £10 but I should have given him everything I owned
This video is inspirational. It's inspiring me to smash my guitar and amputate my worthless hands. Seriously though, amazing work with this classic tune.
because they probably dont know much about music/playing instruments and are unlikely to have even a measure of the skills shown here. Yeah its a cover, but so was Jimi's version so who are you?? Perhaps some of those trolls might like to come here and explain the reason for their vote. I appreciate their right to exercise that of course
You gotta look at the ratio. He got 98K likes so that’s 1 dislike for every 98 people. 1% disapproval isn’t that bad! Why would anyone dislike this video? Because there’s always naysayers. Some people are too critical with bullshit like “That’s not EXACTLY like the way Jimi played it!” And then there are people who play electric guitar who’s not into these music, and then there are people who just push dislike just because they don’t want to conform with the popular opinion (ie no good reason) Anyways, I loved this video. Wonderfully played! I wish I had this guy’s talent.
I personally didn't dislike the video but I think they disliked it because he is play the chords out of sequence on his acoustic and in the wrong area, if you pay attention he starts with an A minor power chord, and then switches to the G, then back to the A minor, then to the what should be an F power chord but he plays it a fret up where a B power chord is. The sequence that it's played in goes G, A minor, G, F power chord, that's how I play it on my acoustic and it sounds in line with the track, so a possible explanation for the dislikes is that he put the track over the video and muted what he played.
@@gaston9100 He’s tuned half a step down, which Jimi did in many of his songs. It’s arguably ‘harmonically richer’ but it also would’ve accompanied Jimi’s vocal range better.
Man...I smiled and welled tears of joy for this clean and rich presentation. Thanks for the hours of life you and others have invested to pay tribute to classics with your gift. Beautifully done!
What I appreciate most about this is that you're really capturing what feels like the original intent of the song. Everybody else who covers/teaches this song (particularly on RUclips) does a flat-out, balls-to-the-wall rendition of it. That's fine, but it really doesn't do the original it's due justice. This one absolutely does. It's not just about playing the right notes. Thank you so much, Pilky. I'm so very glad I've discovered you.
I hate most of the cover songs as they don't capture the essence of the song or the emotions of the song. Well this guy does capture this. So I kinda like it.
Hendrix had to sing at the same time and he was never the type of guy who would play a song live like he did in the recording. Fun fact though during the recording of the song he did it all in one take. I listened to kathy etchingham talk about it. ruclips.net/video/VIzA1xVQDB4/видео.html Skip to 19:50
Clapton could only wish. Brilliant the combination of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix see what the work of two Geniuses can produce. Probably the best song in all of rock and roll.
Wow I’m completely blown away! I’m learning this song and after one week I have the first lead break down, after seeing this guy, I realise how much work I’ve got ahead of me I’m just hoping I live long enough to be able to be able to play the whole song as good as this guy. I’m 63 ! Been playing since I was 8yo. I never had the confidence or self belief that I could play Hendrix lead, but I know I can now.
Just watch the fingers. There is truly something inherently sacred in the way Hendrix used the pentatonics. Its just 'cosmically right'. Totally not being dramatic, playing this, feels very much like religion to me. Its just mathematically perfect.
I'm a guitar player lover,, not a player. Something about Hendrix and what you said. Now that I see so many people doing his covers on RUclips, it always impresses me that it's not so much that Hendrix was difficult to play as that his choice of notes was so brillant in a non complicated way. He's been my main man for over 50 years. RUclips has only endeared him to me more that now I can listen to him and see him play things I only imagined seeing and hearing way back in the day. And don't even talk about how interesting his life was. He packed so much into such a short time. Finally, let me say that I think Jimi had an amazing ear for music.
This is the best part of Hendrix - the composition, the choice of notes and the phrasing thereof - cosmically right, mathematic, the Platonic form, timeless. never tire of it, always scratches the itch, over and over, it soothes my soul. Hendrix WAS the electric guitar. Almost everyone else sounds like they are just fitting together stereotypical riffs like Legos.
If you wanna sing along: There must be some kind of way outta here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Business men, they drink my wine Plowman dig my earth None of them along the line Nobody up at his word Hey, hey No reason to get excited The thief he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us stop talkin' falsely now The hour's getting late, hey All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants, too Outside in the cold distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl
Man, you're a really great player. I REALLY wish you would put out more of these videos! I know it takes time and effort to do it, but I hope you know that we appreciate and enjoy the heck out of your playing. Thanks again, pilky27!
I think he press the whah pedal in the middle and that's it. slide the note and the rest is beautiful Hendrix sounds. Btw in the original recording that note is there but doesn't sound as good as this guy makes it sound. Cheers
A little perspective: this person worked out every note of every guitar part in Jimi's version...and then played it to perfection...Never thought myself as religious but I am now a disciple of Pilkyism.
Every time I hear jimi's watchtower I get emotional because, like all his music, you hear his soul speaking. Lost most of my hearing but, having come of age with jimi, I still cosmicly "hear" every nuance. Same with this posting... I have tears flowing. Awesome and absolutely mind-altering.
Watching this instrumental of jimi"s version of Dilan's song makes one have a deeper appreciation of the godly guitar work we don't usually notice when we watch jimi perform. Jimi was a visionary and a unique musician way ahead of his time who probably did not know or realize how he'd influence future guitar players of today.
pilky, stutters, pilky runs out of dope on tuesday pilky asks for nickels and dimes at teh Vendomat I think pilky has a disorder Ass,Burgers, ALS or some'n
this has to be if not the greatest song of all time ,the greatest guitar song ,so many riffs,styles, sublime chords and that is just the instrumental add the lyrics and you have the greatest song of all time.
WOW!!! I've been playing Hendrix since I was a kid in bands in the 60's and this is the best breakdown of his music I've ever seen or heard!!! Great job, my brother!!!
I really lost count the times I come back in the last years, and every time I get flabbergasted. Your playing level it's some serious stuff , hammerings, bends... the wah solo, the timing, the climbing at 2:45 ...damn it, what a cover legend
As others have said, the original construction of this masterpiece is laid bare before your eyes, love or hate Hendricks - few are fortunate enough to have his creativity or ability even today, but Pilky27 (whoever you are) congratulations on bringing up close the "nuts and bolts" of such an iconic guitar players work of art!
This great performance does help illustrate the fantastic construction of the guitar in this song. An under-appreciated aspect of Jim's playing, due to Jim's mind blowing technique and sound, was how well put together and complex his music was. Who the heck is pilky27?
absolutlely the best''. the only thing missing is the man himself'' love it dude, the best rendition i have ever heard'', and i ben a live for 47 years''.
Truly awesome! I can't express how much I appreciate what you've done. It's a real tribute to Jimi and an inspiration for many people who want to play his music. Thank you, man!
First off, this is so good and such a treat to see & hear. Most people in 1968, young and old, were unaware of Jimi and his music but everyone in the counterculture was blown away by his talent. As with every musician, Jimi had been influenced by other guitarists but his talent enabled him, not only to technically go beyond those who came before him but to infuse his consciousness raising experiences into his music.
As much as it takes to replicate a master work like this, once you do, it really makes you appreciate the talent involved in coming up with it in the first place. That is the area beyond technical ability that can't be learned. You have it or you don't.
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Well done. Steve Jobs.
karry vonviemen why Steve jobs
Hahaha steve jobs didn't really die and went on to mae his own youtube channel
@@JoeQ2 same outfit
Ok
I almost died laughing
Been a guitar player for 45 yrs...have done over 2000 gigs.. have opened for major major acts...never seen it done any better than right here....
Check out my band playing it. Note for note. ruclips.net/video/Oq3RF8NTMu0/видео.html
Hey man I hope you don't mind my asking, but which bands have you opened for? I've been looking to hear some stories from people who've done things like that
Tommy Jude how old are you? You must be really skilled with 45yrs expierence
Nickleback doesn't count jk!
Well if you say so then it must be true. 2000 gigs? Holy cannoli!
And then Jimi is so humble he’s like “aw idk man something like that, I was just messin around”, that’s the best kind of legend
Jimi was so like that.And so quick to praise others .Truly great.
I wish he was still living, can you imagine where he might have gone musically!
@@steveoconnor7069 where he would have brought us musically, I wonder if today' musoc wpuld have been a lot different if he was still alive
@Larry Ballard 😂
@@steveoconnor7069 It breaks my heart to think about it.
Of course the solos are impressive! but its those subtle intricacies in the rhythm playing that truly blow me away. This is the most beautiful and freakishly accurate cover of this song I've ever heard!
Amen, es verdad!
I don’t know how Jimi came up with the rhythm fills nor do I know how this guy managed to copy them note for note, but it might be the greatest rhythm guitar part ever created!
@@atomicvideos1763 acid
those bits are the hardest part about learning to play this song
@@alexkerr5804 pP
DONT EVER LEAVE US AGAIN
Rest In Peace big fella.
Isaiah Johnson for real
Michael Cullen Yes.
***** The actor who played Uncle Phil on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, James Avery, died a few years ago.
Great. You fucking jinxed it -_-
That Stratocaster tone is beautiful
Paul B ehhhhh.... no
Really beautiful. Thin as aluminum foil, and the low notes penetrate your skin, crawl up your spine and give you chills
Bliff Curton eh... yes. lmfao
Bliff Curton I think it is. The variety of tones, the bright glassy sounds, and the neck and bridge pickups always make it my favorite.
Arthur Morgan what are you doing here? This ain’t Tahiti
I'm 64 years old and have dreamed of seeing this song played in every part...dream came true. Thank you for the incredible job!!!!
same
@@trylius❤
The guitar part is impressive in itself but the fact that Jimi played and sang at the same time is unreal
Well coming up with all of those stuff is also unreal
Agreed. As great a guitarist as Jimi was his vocals were equally great.
@@144wychwoodBob Dylan wrote the song
@@fav9925yeah and Jimi changed it and really made it his own
I mean for the record version which this cover is based on Jimi did not sing and play at the same time. In fact they recorded most of the song separately. Hendrix overdubbed the different guitar parts several times. Basically erasing the original recording. Pissed off the bass player so Hendrix overdubbed that too with himself playing the bass. Seemed like a nightmare to record this song surprised it turned out so well in the end. They had 16 tracks to mix together by the end!
As Bob said to Jimi. "It's your song. I just wrote it."
I've always heard the joke that Dylan handed it off to Jimi because he knew he couldn't handle it 😂
Really?
@@amishhackerlul3731 well not really. Jimi's cover is so good that Dylan have a hard time believing it was his song. I think Dylan knew he could never interpret the song the same way Hendrix did thats why he said it was Jimi's song.
@Le Spam read the comment above yours
Can you believe that Noel and Jimi clashed heads on this record? He said he preferred Dylans verson
Clearly demonstrates why Hendrix, even after 50 years, is still considered the greatest. His rythym is just unreal.
For real, he's simple but complex altogether...his music is timeless
Ikr even completed stoned while playing in the wrong key while not bothered he was still the best😂
@@Idkchangethislater The simple answer is "It is not the wrong key if it sound great ;)"
@@Barbeta13 and you have to imagine that music not just playing
Patrick Foster the mix of chord and solo playing is untouchable
hendrix would be proud
Bob Dylan would be pleased too
This so much, thank you for this man, great video
Yes i am.
Bruno Jimmy this is why kids need to ask their parents for permission to use the internet
He would be sad about nowdays simple music
As a guitarist who sometimes finds himself needing motivation to improve, I always come back to these videos. Amazing playing.
Yeah, I watch it again and again ever few months
That dead note at 3:32 gave me chills. Exactly like the recording and takes the song up a level in my book. I don't understand how you could have done that on purpose. God mode.
Man its nice to see new coments
Yeahhhh . . . i noticed that too. I was wondering if my memory was playing tricks. Look . . if Pilky27 can play this good, well, why can't he play in the bum notes. Makes sense. he's being faithful, to the original
@@thatsweird1968 I am watching that good shit for years every now and then. This video will always be fresh
@@liorbirman i agree man.
pilky is an artisan
I'm in awe. You even switched to the bridge pickup at 1:26 as you can hear in the original multitracks. Everything is in its right place, masterful job man.
You do an amazing job too xd
That means a lot coming from you I'm sure. It would be cool to see you do one too although I understand that it would take a lot of time and might now be worth the effort as a lot of people have already done it. Cool cool 👍
never thought Greg would say that to a hendrix cover, youre great man
Everything in its Right Place
+Alex Chen Radiohead vibes :))
This is real talent. Now think about the talent it took to conceive and perform this in 1967 and you'll know why Hendrix is so often considered the greatest electric guitarist of all time
Lee Gesmer agree 💯
Lee Gesmer *yaaaawn*
Bob Dylan wrote All Along the Watchtower years before Hendrix covered it. Still ... I just can't get enough of this tune.
i think another great song is "the stars that play with laughing sam's dice".
Red Car Bob Dylan might have wrote n played it. But jimi pimped it!
2:35 my favorite riff of all time
I thought I was alone on this one
When funk was invented
I’m in love with 1:05
Oh man, you have no idea. I don't care WHAT mood I'm in. That riff instantly brings out the air guitar!
@@jackfish2706 same here bro, epic riff
THE LEGEND IS BACK!
Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 and has resurrected as Pilky
he can play but that doesn't mean he made it anyone can play anything great these days but no body can make anything that great
Callum wood, you sure are boring...
real american hahaha what do you create?! i think he just loves Jimi. great job.
real american: nothing wrong with showing others how to learn a masterpiece. i wish i could play like that.
I never realized this song was so complex, wow this is amazing. every time i listen to hendrix, i still wish that i learned guitar instead of cello or piano
Never too late to start!
So? Learn guitar !
Quote: I never realized. are you serious!?
That's how they did it back then!
I play guitar and sometimes I feel I wish I could play piano! (Usually after watching an awesome piano performance.) Next door's grass is always greener as they say.
Another headless guitarist on youtube.
The politically correct term is "crotch guitarist". :)
I see a TheDoooo fan I upvote
He sold his head for guitar skillz
The headless guitarist community is tired of being oppressed for their ways!
It's all about the music man.
Just the greatest song written, by the greatest songwriter ever, but played by the greatest guitarist the world has ever known...
All three of those things you just said are wrong
Probably, Chris. My wife never agrees with me either…
Song wasn’t written by Jimi, and this guy is great and everything but no one can out class Jimi Hendrix.
@@Tk421Clone All along the Watchtower was written by Bob Dylan, who I consider to be the greatest songwriter of all time. Bob was recorded as saying I wrote it, but Jimi MADE it. There have been other great guitarists since Jimi, but in my mind, no-one has ever surpassed him. The man was pure magic.
Whos better guitarist and why? Hendrix or Tim Henson?
Many people don't realize how hard this is to play
the licks and phrasing after perfect - the thing between 3:18-3:22 is awesome
Indeed, it isn't...
it's not so hard to play
It's hard to play if you're just starting out. If you have any real proficiency after a year or two, then it's not hard at all.
Many can play the song, but not like pilky27...
I saw it played as well this in the streets of Oxford, UK by a guy in his sixties playing it left-handed on a right-handed guitar with same string arrangement as Hendrix. I gave him £10 but I should have given him everything I owned
Christian Brix Cornmarket St?
@@GRMNCVS No idea, it was a few years ago and I'm not from Oxford. Pretty sure it was a pedestrian street
u should have gave him your soul you lowly dog
Great 🙏🙏🙏
Instructions not clear .
Do I have to take acid before the lesson or after?
Before...but you must share
Jonathan M yes.
While
There is no instruction. It is not a lesson. Find your way.
@@philoumars3168 woke af
I can proudly say that after many years of practicing I can successfully play the part from 2:43-2:44
Honestly..... Congratulations!
I'm not really putting that much time into playing. I just know the first part of the solo. It's fun!
@@Nergal_Slayer Same but when I play it it just sounds bad like ughhh
@@Miley-vk1sw Same. I don't have the rhythmical feel for it.
@@Nergal_Slayer learn some simple funk rhythms it will help you
@@pouyan_m I should look into that! Thanks!
This convinces me the Stratocaster is the Finest instrument ever made!
In his hands.
It always was. Its not the greatest Electric guitar of alltime..its the ONLY ELECTRIC GUITAR. The rest just dont compare. They have no soul.
@@fender1000100 what about the casino or the es 335? Those things are also full of soul.
@@zk560 Fair play and you are correct but.only a Strat sounds like a Strat!
Hands down ...
Based on the gap between videos we can only assume you took 4 years to master this....respect
Haha. Was thinking the same. Was it just me, or did he go thru 7 pairs of jeans?,🤔 But seriously, what a great vid.
And I would stil say, that was pretty quick.
This video is inspirational. It's inspiring me to smash my guitar and amputate my worthless hands. Seriously though, amazing work with this classic tune.
I feel your pain..
Good surfing days in a contest at Huntington beach ..i think it was 1968..?v I learned one thing ...never do a drug called mescaline
Man it's all about good ole recreation
Rich Darner what’s that
Dude I wanna like this so much but it's at 420 I can't bring myself to do it
How’s this got 1k dislikes?! Who watches this video and thinks “yup that’s a dislike”, nothing but pure talent here!
because they probably dont know much about music/playing instruments and are unlikely to have even a measure of the skills shown here. Yeah its a cover, but so was Jimi's version so who are you?? Perhaps some of those trolls might like to come here and explain the reason for their vote. I appreciate their right to exercise that of course
You gotta look at the ratio. He got 98K likes so that’s 1 dislike for every 98 people. 1% disapproval isn’t that bad! Why would anyone dislike this video? Because there’s always naysayers. Some people are too critical with bullshit like “That’s not EXACTLY like the way Jimi played it!” And then there are people who play electric guitar who’s not into these music, and then there are people who just push dislike just because they don’t want to conform with the popular opinion (ie no good reason)
Anyways, I loved this video. Wonderfully played! I wish I had this guy’s talent.
I personally didn't dislike the video but I think they disliked it because he is play the chords out of sequence on his acoustic and in the wrong area, if you pay attention he starts with an A minor power chord, and then switches to the G, then back to the A minor, then to the what should be an F power chord but he plays it a fret up where a B power chord is.
The sequence that it's played in goes G, A minor, G, F power chord, that's how I play it on my acoustic and it sounds in line with the track, so a possible explanation for the dislikes is that he put the track over the video and muted what he played.
Actually he plays the chords A minor, I'm pretty sure that's a B power chord, G, then back to the A minor
Should be: G, Am, G, F power chord
There's people who dislike it what they really mean is it was not perfect, as in every single note and strum perfect. That's their problem isn't it.
After all these year, pilky finally uploaded a new video
yup
with better devices!!
and with better jeans
I guess it took this many years to practice in order to perfect All Along the Watchtower.
Same sweater, though.
note perfect, you can see now how good Hendrix was when he played this live on one guitar.
anytime I start feeling like I'm getting good on guitar I come watch pilky. keeps my humble. very very humble.
1:06 that lick is fantastic
That is awesome! , but its not in standard tuning right?
@@gaston9100 He’s tuned half a step down, which Jimi did in many of his songs. It’s arguably ‘harmonically richer’ but it also would’ve accompanied Jimi’s vocal range better.
I gasped
Nice.
Trying to get this comment to 69 likes.
Im trying to get it to 169 now
Im trying to get it to 269
Im trynna 369 now
Idiots...
Man...I smiled and welled tears of joy for this clean and rich presentation. Thanks for the hours of life you and others have invested to pay tribute to classics with your gift. Beautifully done!
Awesome!
I don't know how many times I'ved watched this but I still can't get enough of it!
Me too
I know how it sounds, but I prefer this version than the original with the vocals. This sounds cleaner.
Man… The level of respect, dedication and precision that went into this cover. Every note was accurate. Truly an outstanding performance 👍
Greatness can't explain Hendrix, that's for sure, he was out of this world.
What I appreciate most about this is that you're really capturing what feels like the original intent of the song. Everybody else who covers/teaches this song (particularly on RUclips) does a flat-out, balls-to-the-wall rendition of it. That's fine, but it really doesn't do the original it's due justice. This one absolutely does. It's not just about playing the right notes.
Thank you so much, Pilky. I'm so very glad I've discovered you.
I agree..Most covers I see people beat the shit out of it. It's very tasty..
I hate most of the cover songs as they don't capture the essence of the song or the emotions of the song. Well this guy does capture this. So I kinda like it.
Well said.
John Mayer: *_exists_*
Jimi Hendrix: *_exists_*
Stevie Ray Vaughan: *_exists_*
Some guy on RUclips named pilky27: *_hold my beer_*
That shit was funny
Awww... don't be a cry baby.
I don't get it.
@@taketheredpill1441 it means watch as I outdo it ie Bob Dylan -exists, Jimi Hendrix..hold my beer and watch this!!!
seth1066 r/wooosh ?
Im amazed how much beauty can be squeezed out of the simple pentatonic minor scale.
clicked just cause that strat is gorgeous. Pleasant surprised when this dude can play circles around me. Props.
I concur; thats a nice strat!! Yeah and homeboy can play.
0:09 Intro/Solo 1
0:19 Verse 1
0:53 Solo 2
1:13 Verse 2
1:44 Solo 3
2:02 Slide
2:18 Wah
2:34 Solo 4
2:54 Verse 3
3:27 Solo 5/Outro
Legend.
@Keshav Dorai truly, but it ended in tragedy ,how can someone make such beautiful music as this and go away forever.
@@aurockscastillo5460 life is crazy
lol he said “wah”
Best ever wah usage in that song .JIMMY will never be topped by anyone anywhere or at anytime ever..
methodical and perfect playing. I never get tired of this song, let alone the cover
I saw this one from this young kid from England and really impressed as he fills in more ....james bell all along the watchtower
i prefer listening to this cover because i like to focus on the guitar playing rather than having vocals
i couldnt love more the blend of these guitars it really touches my soul.
Hendrix himself couldn't have done better live...not only he gets it note for note but tone for tone. Perfect. the best Hendrix cover on the planet.
But...hendrix also say as he played and moved around -- like in a performance. This film is edited. Get a grip.
@WV591 Play like Hendrix isn't playing every note perfectly, he feels the music, you need to know that if you like hendrix
@@maryamkim1281 let's see you do it..stut thte F...up
Hendrix had to sing at the same time and he was never the type of guy who would play a song live like he did in the recording. Fun fact though during the recording of the song he did it all in one take. I listened to kathy etchingham talk about it. ruclips.net/video/VIzA1xVQDB4/видео.html Skip to 19:50
I believe your right ... best cover of Hendrix's version I've seen so far.
Just wow. Please do Voodoo Child (With an old Vox/vintage wah, not a Crybaby if possible)!
tremaine2006 YAS
tremaine crybaby now sounds like metal :/
I'm over 4 years late but he did it baby! Exactly the way you said
Clapton could only wish. Brilliant the combination of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix see what the work of two Geniuses can produce. Probably the best song in all of rock and roll.
Wow I’m completely blown away! I’m learning this song and after one week I have the first lead break down, after seeing this guy, I realise how much work I’ve got ahead of me I’m just hoping I live long enough to be able to be able to play the whole song as good as this guy. I’m 63 ! Been playing since I was 8yo. I never had the confidence or self belief that I could play Hendrix lead, but I know I can now.
Don’t mind me. Listening to this master piece of a solo for the one-thousandth time.
Just watch the fingers. There is truly something inherently sacred in the way Hendrix used the pentatonics.
Its just 'cosmically right'. Totally not being dramatic, playing this, feels very much like religion to me. Its just mathematically perfect.
I'm a guitar player lover,, not a player. Something about Hendrix and what you said. Now that I see so many people doing his covers on RUclips, it always impresses me that it's not so much that Hendrix was difficult to play as that his choice of notes was so brillant in a non complicated way. He's been my main man for over 50 years. RUclips has only endeared him to me more that now I can listen to him and see him play things I only imagined seeing and hearing way back in the day. And don't even talk about how interesting his life was. He packed so much into such a short time. Finally, let me say that I think Jimi had an amazing ear for music.
Far out man, really groovy. Stoked.
Nobody could have even remotely said it better.
Mathematically perfect.
This is the best part of Hendrix - the composition, the choice of notes and the phrasing thereof - cosmically right, mathematic, the Platonic form, timeless. never tire of it, always scratches the itch, over and over, it soothes my soul. Hendrix WAS the electric guitar. Almost everyone else sounds like they are just fitting together stereotypical riffs like Legos.
@wozzlepop, I could definitely not say it better than you did.. I do 100% agree with your comment here
If you wanna sing along:
There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Business men, they drink my wine
Plowman dig my earth
None of them along the line
Nobody up at his word
Hey, hey
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talkin' falsely now
The hour's getting late, hey
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
Mistake in one line. Should be: None of them along the line know what any of it is worth” (Dylan/Hendrix Fanguy)
You are doing God's work, my friend.
Thank you
2:43. Chucka chucka chucka, chucka. Love it.
So Jimi was singing as he’s making all those shapes and scales? I give up!
just dont sing.....
He recorded the guitar and vocals separately if I'm not mistaken
@@quickman1047 and he played bass himself. Noel was in the pub opposite.
He had some difficulties on live shows but it sounded good anyway
@@marinljulj4341 i heard one of the live ones and it sounded kind of random and a bit messy.
I can imagine the conversations with his wife;
“So why do you need yet another guitar!”
“I have to get one to do the slide part in a RUclips video.”
That’s not a guitar. It’s a BASS.
@@Mikey-yb3go I see the acid has taken effect on you
@@mattiastofte7457 Believe me, it has
A bass?!! You on crack pal??
@@Mikey-yb3go Thats a bass!!! Wow, what do you call a kind like that
Every once in a while I just gotta stop back here to listen to this again. ....It is so beautiful.............Quack, quack!
I come back 2 years later, and am still LOVING this young man playing one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Man, you're a really great player. I REALLY wish you would put out more of these videos! I know it takes time and effort to do it, but I hope you know that we appreciate and enjoy the heck out of your playing. Thanks again, pilky27!
2:18 That moment is gorgeous
1:44 is my fav part I love it so much.. Fav song of all time
I do too, but i like say it “aint so” by weezer a BIT more 😋
I TOO BELIEVE THAT GUITAR RIFF IS THE BEST LEAD I'VE EVER HEARD...BEST OF ALL GUITAR LEAD PARTS OF A SONG. THAT IS AN ICONIC GUITAR PART. A SIGNATURE
AND WHEN THE SLIDE COMES IN, AND THE REST OF THE SONG. TRUE MIND FUCKER MUSIC
RIGHT? RIGHT?
2:18 the best note in the song
"bweuw"
@@FireflyInTheDusk LMFAO 🤣🤣. Yeah, the sound XD
How he can get that sound? He use a effect?
@@cono4949 Yeah, probably
I think he press the whah pedal in the middle and that's it. slide the note and the rest is beautiful Hendrix sounds. Btw in the original recording that note is there but doesn't sound as good as this guy makes it sound. Cheers
A little perspective: this person worked out every note of every guitar part in Jimi's version...and then played it to perfection...Never thought myself as religious but I am now a disciple of Pilkyism.
Every time I hear jimi's watchtower I get emotional because, like all his music, you hear his soul speaking. Lost most of my hearing but, having come of age with jimi, I still cosmicly "hear" every nuance. Same with this posting... I have tears flowing. Awesome and absolutely mind-altering.
Hendrix's guitar work on this song always touched my soul. All I can say us just "Wow!"
Watching this instrumental of jimi"s version of Dilan's song makes one have a deeper appreciation of the godly guitar work we don't usually notice when we watch jimi perform. Jimi was a visionary and a unique musician way ahead of his time who probably did not know or realize how he'd influence future guitar players of today.
I think its unfair when people compare pilky to john mayer,
I mean hes really good and all but he aint pilky...
Pun!
Lol sure
@@pasfaishalhaniq That wasnt a pun.
Who's pilky? Carl Pilkington? lol
pilky, stutters, pilky runs out of dope on tuesday
pilky asks for nickels and dimes at teh Vendomat
I think pilky has a disorder
Ass,Burgers, ALS or some'n
This is shocking!! Watched this 100 times and still blows my mind every time. Just amazing!!!
You know what we need, we need a Spotify playlist full of pilky's cover then we shall be happy forever
I picked up the guitar 20 years ago and this was the song, I heard it on my brother's record, been hooked every since, excellent job
Cool and beautiful, this Number. Very good cover! When Jimi Hendrix did this back in '68 it just Blew your Mind! Nobody played like that back then.
this has to be if not the greatest song of all time ,the greatest guitar song ,so many riffs,styles, sublime chords and that is just the instrumental add the lyrics and you have the greatest song of all time.
I’m 15 and I love Jimi Hendrix and you sir did that perfectly
WOW!!! I've been playing Hendrix since I was a kid in bands in the 60's and this is the best breakdown of his music I've ever seen or heard!!! Great job, my brother!!!
HE'S ALIVE, HE'S FUCKING ALIVE !!
Plénitude Amnésique and he died again
he possibly can be learning a new song.
You know somewhere Jimi is smiling!! Absolutely wonderful playing! Thank you!!
Absolutely nailed it my friend! Jimi's looking down smiling at you ;)
I really lost count the times I come back in the last years, and every time I get flabbergasted. Your playing level it's some serious stuff , hammerings, bends... the wah solo, the timing, the climbing at 2:45 ...damn it, what a cover legend
Goose bumps! Flawless performance of one of the best covers ever.
As others have said, the original construction of this masterpiece is laid bare before your eyes, love or hate Hendricks - few are fortunate enough to have his creativity or ability even today, but Pilky27 (whoever you are) congratulations on bringing up close the "nuts and bolts" of such an iconic guitar players work of art!
This great performance does help illustrate the fantastic construction of the guitar in this song. An under-appreciated aspect of Jim's playing, due to Jim's mind blowing technique and sound, was how well put together and complex his music was. Who the heck is pilky27?
Ahem....*Hendrix
Excuse me?
@@drix576 Hey man, I've always wanted to say.....your hair is amazing
@@josiemaxj763 hey thanks btw a quick update on guitar lesson with god hes doing pretty good im teaching him voodoo child
absolutlely the best''. the only thing missing is the man himself'' love it dude, the best rendition i have ever heard'', and i ben a live for 47 years''.
manomyth11 ...srv does a great one
Every now and then I watch this video again, it's just wonderful, it makes me emotional
I always watch this because it's the best guitar cover on RUclips.
I can listen to this music all day, Rest In Peace Jimi Hendrix
Absolutely excellent. A joy to watch over and over...
Every time I hear this song on the radio I have to come back to you tube to see pilky..never get tired of see him perform..very talented guy
Supremely done, impeccable timing, flawless delivery...
You've captured his tone by understanding the concept and got into Jimi's head. I'm very impressed ! Well done Pilky 27.
jimi would be proud. damn good job
Stunning guitare playing and the color of that strat is amazing
Truly awesome! I can't express how much I appreciate what you've done. It's a real tribute to Jimi and an inspiration for many people who want to play his music. Thank you, man!
Only one word : perfect !!!
The music and the heart ... thanks Mister for the joy of this cover ...
Okay but can we all take a moment to appreciate the fact that someone sat down and came up with this?
First off, this is so good and such a treat to see & hear. Most people in 1968, young and old, were unaware of Jimi and his music but everyone in the counterculture was blown away by his talent. As with every musician, Jimi had been influenced by other guitarists but his talent enabled him, not only to technically go beyond those who came before him but to infuse his consciousness raising experiences into his music.
I didn't believe it when I got the notification!
As much as it takes to replicate a master work like this, once you do, it really makes you appreciate the talent involved in coming up with it in the first place. That is the area beyond technical ability that can't be learned. You have it or you don't.
Everything about this cover is mind blowing
This song is Jimis masterpiece. Such a beautiful arrangement from a man who couldn’t even read music, but played from his soul.
It's almost like Jimi was brought back to life in 2022 great job.
Pilky, unsung overlord of ultimate guitar mastery. Your skills sir, are out of this world
He's got the Hendrix sound, better than anything I've heard thus far!!
Play on playa.
I love that small riff at 1:30 sounds so good